History & Criticism - General & Miscellaneous Photography, Artists - Biography, Pop, Rock, & Soul Musicians - Biography, Modern Art
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Overview
David Byrne, inspired multi-media artist, brings to photography the same consummate eye for human idiosyncrasy that finds expression in his renowned music. Here in vivid color imagery and compelling words are many of the bizarre incongruities he has encountered during his travels around the world - a Mexican Aztec Hari Krishna, plastic Jesus babies for sale in a shop window, a tome revealing "The Truth About Mars." Chronicling Byrne's uncanny ability to see the unusual - even the sublime - among the mundane, these striking photographs and essays make Strange Ritual an extraordinary document of contemporary culture in our diverse world by one of its keenest observers.Talking Heads' founder David Byrne--consummate musician, intrepid traveler, and inspired photographer--depicts with mixed emotions the many bizarre incongruitites he has encountered in his journeys to Japan, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and throughout the United States. 200 color photos.
Book Details
Published
September 28, 1995
Publisher
[San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, c1995]
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780811810463