Fierce, funny, and flamboyant, fifty-two heritage-breed chickens assess the camera with a keen gaze. By focusing on the faces of her avian subjects, Beth Moon reveals them to us not just as beautiful and exotic creatures, but as individuals in their own right. Moon's intimate portraits capture a startling range of emotions and personalities, underscored by excerpts from literature. A martial Spanish White Face is flanked by a passage from Beowulf; a fantastical Buff-Laced Polish, by a line from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; and a refined Blue Polish, by a character sketch from Swann's Way. An essay by chicken keeper and best-selling author Melissa Caughey and cultural critic Collier Brown sheds additional light on this fresh and remarkable body of work, which will appeal to animal lovers and literature buffs alike.
Beth Moon is a photographer based in New York who has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints. Her prints are held in numerous public and private collections and have appeared in more than 60 solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Italy, England, France, Israel, Brazil, Dubai, Singapore, and Canada, receiving widespread critical acclaim.
Title: Literary Chickens
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ISBN: 9780789213099
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Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Publication Date: 2020-07-01
Number of Pages: 144
Weight: 1.0983 kg
Each image deftly showcases the hen's individuality and personality while acting as a powerful statement to respect and revere the animals we share this earth with. - Photo-eye
Chickens have never looked grander. - The Wall Street Journal
Beth Moon is a gifted photographer with abundant creative insight and an eye for unconventional subject matter. Literary Chickens delights the eye and arouses the mind. - New York Journal of Books