Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 92. Today's recommended book is: Louisiana Faces: Images of a Renaissance. This coffee table book combines the talents of two of our friends and favorites author Jason Berry and photographer Philip Gould.
This book is unusual and beautiful, bright and hopeful . I just find it a lovely celebration of all people Louisiana but you may wish read the publisher's description:
Since the late 1970s, Louisiana a state long known for outrageous politicians has witnessed a blossoming of the arts and their enthusiastic reception by a national, and even world-wide, audience. ...
Louisiana Faces documents in images and words the human texture of this remarkable renaissance, not only the painters, sculptors, chefs, musicians, poets, and writers who create the art, but also the ordinary people who in their daily and seasonal rhythms inform that art. Some are living legends, others well-kept secrets; all have a place, and a face, at the feast.
Philip Gould confirms his own part in the renaissance with the 125 stunning portraits in Louisiana Faces. ... Writer Jason Berry complements Gould's images with a probing, witty essay that explores the parallels between art and life. Using meld of interviews, anecdotes, history, and commentary, Berry treats outsized political figures and pop culture celebrities as a parade of inspiration for Louisiana artists.
And here's an extra special bit. We have a few copies of this now out of print book signed by both Berry and Gould.
This hardcover coffee table book is 135 pages and currently sells (even the double signed copies ) for $39.95 a copy.
To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.
