{"product_id":"shadows-of-love-shadows-of-loneliness-volume-one-photographs-1980-2020-9781644281840","title":"Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness: Volume One: Photographs: 1980-2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the PubWest 2023 Design Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark collection co-released by Rare Bird and Unnamed Press, William T. Vollmann offers a kaleidoscopic retrospective of the visual artwork he has produced over four decades, with new commentary from Vollmann on his process, inspiration, and the many intersections with his writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe celebrated author of over twenty-five books (among them the National Book Award-wining novel \u003ci\u003eEurope Central\u003c\/i\u003e; the seven-volume \u003ci\u003eRising Up and Rising Down\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Vollmann's career as a war correspondent; and the two-volume climate change investigation \u003ci\u003eCarbon Ideologies\u003c\/i\u003e), Vollmann's equally ambitious and prolific career as a photographer, printmaker, and painter reflects the artist's deep interest in people existing on the margins, a profound empathy for his subjects, and the humility and generosity to meet them on their terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness \u003c\/i\u003eincludes Kodachrome slides of Afghan Mujahideen from 1982; a handmade watercolor sketchbook from Subarctic Canada, complete with inscriptions to Vollmann from local Inuit teenagers; gum bichromate prints of American landscapes from Maui to Mount Desert Island; silver gelatin portfolios of insurgents, refugees, prostitutes, police, and criminals all over the world; photogenic drawings of Tahitian women; transgender self-portraits of \"Dolores\"; Bible woodblock prints in which God and everyone else is female; acrylic paintings of California landscapes; cyanotypes, platinotypes, salt prints, and gold-toned Vandykes, to name just a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplementing these selections is a series of essays commissioned especially for this book to lay out Vollmann's views on what photographs can and should say, how he chooses what to represent (beauty, suffering, compassion, love, desire, ideology), thoughts on photographic consensuality, and any number of technical descriptions. Particularly useful for Vollmann fans and scholars are the cross-references between these artistic and photographic projects and his books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam T. Vollmann\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eWhores for Gloria\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Family\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEurope Central\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award. He has also written four collections of stories (including \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction), a memoir, and eight works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eRising Up and Rising Down\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eImperial\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which were finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rare Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567732101394,"sku":"9781644281840","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89035c5a-470a-44ee-b324-5f5e58e6357d.jpg?v=1737240244","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shadows-of-love-shadows-of-loneliness-volume-one-photographs-1980-2020-9781644281840","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}