Transformations

by Joyce Tenneson

Book Overview

A collection of Joyce Tenneson's ethereal photographs of the human figure. This book includes an illustrated interview with art critic David Tannous, which explores the autobiographical influences on her work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821219332
• ISBN13: 9780821219331
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.4" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Ethereal beauty

Another reviewer wrote, "Pictures of old people, fat people, etc., in various stages of undress" which gives you a very unfair idea of what this book is about. Many of the figures in this book are nude or semi-nude, many of the subjects are young and beautiful, and a few are old, a few are "fat." I count seven photographs which would fall into the "old and fat" category, and they are anything but revolting. Tenneson's work touches me in ways I cannot easily articulate. I've spent hours poring over these photographs, yet it's difficult to describe this book with any brevity. I cannot say it better than this statement which appears in the introduction: "Joyce Tenneson's world quietly, frequently, composes itself around dualities: angel and menace, childhood and age, beauty and sorrow, naked and veiled, earthy and ethereal." Her work is definitely worth your while -- I recommend you find out for yourself!