Chasing dragons
Subtitle: an uncommon memoir in photographs
By: Bill Hayward ; foreword by Sam Barzilay
Contributors: Barzilay, Sam, author of forword
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Glitterati Incorporated; G Editions LLC
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780989170499
Subjects: Portrait photography; Photography of the human body; Hayward, Bill, (1942-),; Hayward, Bill,; Photography of the nude; Artistic Photography
Description: "For more than fifty years, Hayward has endeavored to bring light, through his art, to the strange and wondrous forms that lie hidden beneath the surface of things, revealing what is leftover when conventions fade away.... Presented here is a stunning visual autobiography, chronicling more than five decades of artistic vision. Arranged in five acts, Chasing Dragons traces the evolution of Hayward's work--from traditional portraiture to increasingly abstract and altered images, figurative paintings, dance, performance, and film. Join Hayward on this creative odyssey, exploring the fundamental elements of humankind and probing the mystery [that] lies at the core of your own being"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sam Barzilay; title: The master of ceremonies / Gordon Lish; title: Prologue / Bill Hayward; title: Mise-en-scène; title: act 1. Traditional portraits; title: act 2. Disruption and risk: Rackety opinion ; Acts and expressions ; Gesture and invention ; Shouts and songs ; A hundred words ; Certain dances ; Dismantled myth ; Broken odalisque ; Consider the flesh; title: act 3. Portraits of the collaborative-self: The human bible ; The portrait process ; The thing itself ; 17 bedrooms; title: act 4. Going live: Dance and performance ; The Intimacies Project ; Bent; title: Act five. Film: Asphalt, muscle and bone; title: Index of artworks; title: One-of-a-kind books; title: Annotated appendix.