Rome: Contrasto, 2010. No. 39 of 360 copies in the "special edition" signed by Garduño at rear. [240]pp; 96 b&w plates. Square 4to. Blue cloth stamped in bronze to front board and spine. Fine in a matching blue slipcase, lightly soiled.
Signed limited edition of this photobook surveying the work of Mexican photographer Flor Garduño (b. 1957), with 96 black-and-white plates grouped into three thematic sections: "Bestiarium," "Fantastic Women" and "Silent Natures." Preface by Francisco Reyes Palma, with critical texts by Afredo López Austin, Tereza Siza, and Guido Magnaguagno, and list of photographs, biography, and bibliography at rear. An uncommon work in her oeuvre, even the trade edition.
