HENSON, Bill
HENSON, Bill
Zurich/Sydney: Scalo/Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005. First edition. Large, thick 4to. 501pp; b&w and color plates. Green cloth; black spine titles; dust jacket. Fine in a near fine jacket with some dents/scratches.
Monograph on the work of Australian photographer Bill Henson (b. 1955), published in conjunction with an exhibition, curated by Judy Annear, that opened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in January 2005. An extensive selection of plates, with texts by Edmund Capon, Judy Annear, Jennie Boddington, David Malouf, Alwynne Mackie, Bernice Murphy, Michael Heyward, Bill Henson, Peter Schjeldahl, Peter Craven, Isobel Crombie, John Forbes, and Dennis Cooper, and an interview with Henson by Sebastian Smee. Contributor notes, list of works, and bibliography at rear.