Mixing 20th-century glamour with surrealist humor and a touch of whimsy, Smith's photographs are fantastical impulses come to life
American fashion and portrait photographer Rodney Smith (1947–2016) creates a supreme, sublime balance between illusion and reality: women in couture dresses balancing on tightropes, dapper gentlemen seated with cardboard boxes over their heads and optical illusions make up his playfully contradictory oeuvre.
STATUS: Forthcoming | 10/28/2025
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FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 200 pgs / 150 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $40.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $55 ISBN: 9788836658879 PUBLISHER: Silvana Editoriale AVAILABLE: 10/28/2025 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Forthcoming AVAILABILITY: Awaiting stock TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Published by Silvana Editoriale. Edited by Anne Morin.
Mixing 20th-century glamour with surrealist humor and a touch of whimsy, Smith's photographs are fantastical impulses come to life
American fashion and portrait photographer Rodney Smith (1947–2016) creates a supreme, sublime balance between illusion and reality: women in couture dresses balancing on tightropes, dapper gentlemen seated with cardboard boxes over their heads and optical illusions make up his playfully contradictory oeuvre.
