Assaf Pocker: Scar Tissue

Pocker, Assaf; Renee T. Coulombe

ISBN 10: 1590052900 / ISBN 13: 9781590052907

Published by Nazraeli Press, Portland, 2011

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SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine clothbound hardcover in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light wear along the top edge and one tiny tear at one tip. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. "This haunting first monograph by Israeli-born photographer, Assaf Pocker, reinvents photographic portraiture as a medium for communicating the deepest and darkest of human emotions. The artist's methodology is entirely focused on the cultivation of relationships: meeting with potential models one-on-one, sometimes for years, to talk and share mutual experiences of suffering, ultimately building a deep trust. It is this trust that allows the artist to capture the raw emotions surrounding human suffering and survival in this collection; it is the intense vulnerability of his subjects and the compassion between artist and model that unite the images in this powerful collection." Photographs by Assaf Pocker; essay by Renee T. Coulombe. SIGNED BY ASSAF on the title page in silver ink; no inscription. From a first edition limited to 1000 unnumbered copies. 120 pages; 129 duo-toned b&w photos; 9.25 x 13 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assaf Pocker: Scar Tissue
• Publisher: Nazraeli Press, Portland
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590052900
• ISBN 13: 9781590052907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

This haunting first monograph by Israeli-born photographer, Assaf Pocker, Scar Tissue reinvents photographic portraiture as a medium for communicating the deepest and darkest of human emotions. The artist's methodology is entirely focused on the cultivation of relationships: meeting with potential models one-on-one, sometimes for years, to talk and share mutual experiences of suffering, ultimately building a deep trust. It is this trust that allows the artist to capture the raw emotions surrounding human suffering and survival in this collection; it is the intense vulnerability of his subjects and the compassion between artist and model that unite the images in this powerful collection. Images that might appear difficult to view at first become captivating their beauty lying in the artist's skillful use of light and shadow in black and white, the immense care in the printing of the images (which gives them an even more poignant relevancy) and ultimately in the intense beauty of the portrait subjects themselves. The images are assembled from a much larger collection that took well over six years to complete, and decades of artistic and emotional preparation. The results are masterful, representing some of the finest work by an artist at the apex of his creativity and technique. Scar Tissue is beautifully printed in duotone with a double varnish, and bound in rich Japanese linen. The first edition is limited to 1,000 casebound copies.