Still Life: Photographs & Love Stories bookcover

Still Life: Photographs & Love Stories

Kate Sterlin 

(Author)

Tessa Thompson 

(Afterword by)

Arooj Aftab 

(Interviewer)
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Description

A dreamlike exploration of intimacies and memory rendered in powerful photographs and lyrical texts, featuring an interview by Arooj Aftab and an afterword by Tessa Thompson.

"A sublime, aching collection of images." -- Chan Marshall (Cat Power)

For decades, photographer Kate Sterlin has made an artistic practice of examining the boundaries between individual, family, and community. In her first book, Still Life: Photographs & Love Stories, she delivers a meditation on love and its ability to weather the brutal specificities of life, death, family and race in America. Pairing intimate photographs with poetic, lyrical writings, Still Life is a hypnagogic narrative that unfolds in a series of overlapping episodes and identities, a testament to one artist's commitment to creation and a dreamlike blend of the personal and the universal.

Product Details

PublisherAnthology Editions
Publish DateOctober 01, 2024
Pages192
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9781944860622
Dimensions10.7 X 8.5 X 0.9 inches | 2.0 pounds

About the Author

Kate Sterlin is a photographer and writer whose work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Vogue. Stemming from formative experiences mentoring under acclaimed documentarian Mary Ellen Mark alongside her striking early snapshots of her father, she has developed dual bodies of work in street photography and portraiture that wend together to capture otherwise hidden stories. She has been exhibited in group and solo shows, and her film Sometimes has been shown at film festivals internationally. After a long period of working and living in New York City, she is currently based in Los Angeles, CA.

Reviews

"From the joys of family (in all its complexity), and romance to the sorrows of loss and tragedy, Still Life offers a profound exploration of Black identity and the complexities of the human experience. A testament to Sterlin's unwavering artistic vision, this book is a poignant blend of the personal and the universal." - F Stop Magazine, 2024


"Kate Sterlin's first book immediately establishes a singular new voice in the contemporary photographic landscape." Réponses, 2024

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