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Red
Flawless male bodies perfectly lighted and masterfully retouched, that is dylan rosser's trademark. the color red is the red thread of red. to shoot pictures with a timeless character is the aim of dylan rosser. that is why he is seeking perfection in each and every picture he designs. in red he plays with the color of love, of sensuality and sexuality, which lends a new dimension to his images.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2009
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October 31, 2009
RED: Dylan Rosser's Most Successful Photographic Monograph to Date
For those familiar with Dylan Rosser's art the fact that his beginnings as a graphic artist and his accompanying mastery of creating images by manipulating light, shadow, angles and props is well appreciated. His previous books and his art work, as displayed in galleries and museums, are remarkably fine yet now seem mere black and white and color preparation for this latest sophisticated, extraordinarily beautiful collection of camera sculpted friezes of the nude male introducing the theme of the color red to unite this magnificent gallery on paper. As Jason Salzenstein writes in his excellent Foreword 'In this volume, for the first time, Rosser worked from the impetus of a theme, having been drawn to the color representing energy, love, lust and passion. The most emotionally intense color, only Rosser could harness the conflicted intensity behind this fervid shade and transform it into a visual odyssey as told through the stunning bodies of his men. The result is RED.'
What follows in this elegantly designed, color saturated book is a selection of designed images, each focusing on a male figure and each employing an enormous spectrum of creative uses of the color red. At times the models are draped in red, suspended in red cloth, caressed in red gauze, ribboned in red, or perhaps the red is so subtle that study of the photograph slowly reveals that there is red backlighting, or a spot of red in an isolated tattoo, or the floor or background happens to have a red hue. What makes Rosser's art unique is the dignity with which he poses his models, presenting them more as a part of the message of the image of sensuality rather than the sole focal point. These models become sculptures, without ever losing the fact that they are warmly living, intensely masculine males.
In RED Dylan Rosser enters a new plateau in photography - especially figurative photography - in that his images approach another dimension of fine art: Music. This book is bound to rapidly become a collector's item and will doubtless be included in important museum curated exhibitions. Highly recommended.
Grady Harp
For those familiar with Dylan Rosser's art the fact that his beginnings as a graphic artist and his accompanying mastery of creating images by manipulating light, shadow, angles and props is well appreciated. His previous books and his art work, as displayed in galleries and museums, are remarkably fine yet now seem mere black and white and color preparation for this latest sophisticated, extraordinarily beautiful collection of camera sculpted friezes of the nude male introducing the theme of the color red to unite this magnificent gallery on paper. As Jason Salzenstein writes in his excellent Foreword 'In this volume, for the first time, Rosser worked from the impetus of a theme, having been drawn to the color representing energy, love, lust and passion. The most emotionally intense color, only Rosser could harness the conflicted intensity behind this fervid shade and transform it into a visual odyssey as told through the stunning bodies of his men. The result is RED.'
What follows in this elegantly designed, color saturated book is a selection of designed images, each focusing on a male figure and each employing an enormous spectrum of creative uses of the color red. At times the models are draped in red, suspended in red cloth, caressed in red gauze, ribboned in red, or perhaps the red is so subtle that study of the photograph slowly reveals that there is red backlighting, or a spot of red in an isolated tattoo, or the floor or background happens to have a red hue. What makes Rosser's art unique is the dignity with which he poses his models, presenting them more as a part of the message of the image of sensuality rather than the sole focal point. These models become sculptures, without ever losing the fact that they are warmly living, intensely masculine males.
In RED Dylan Rosser enters a new plateau in photography - especially figurative photography - in that his images approach another dimension of fine art: Music. This book is bound to rapidly become a collector's item and will doubtless be included in important museum curated exhibitions. Highly recommended.
Grady Harp
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