Lady Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1st Japanese edition, 1984

Famed for winning the very first Women’s World Professional Bodybuilding Championship, Lisa Lyon attracted the attention of many artists during the 1980s, and posed for Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, and, most memorably, Robert Mapplethorpe. In sculpting her body, she made it the instrument of an unfamiliar new artform.

Over a period of two years, Mapplethorpe took over 200 shots of Lyon, and she became by far his most photographed subject. Six of Mapplethorpe’s Lisa pictures were published in the avant-garde review Artforum in 1980, others were shown at Documenta 7, while a greater number was gathered together in this book Lady Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, which came out at the same time as the exhibition Lady, Photographs of Lisa Lyon at Leo Castelli’s gallery in New York.

“In the 50’s you had women like Marilyn Monroe, who were strictly sex objects. In the 60’s you had Twiggy, who started the undernourished, androgynous style. In the 70’s there was Farrah (Fawcett). Now, in the 80’s…women are building up their bodies without sacrificing beauty or femininity.” - Lisa Lyon, 1981

Words from Numero article https://numero.com/en/art-design/who-is-lisa-lyon-mapplethorpes-muse-and-performance-pioneer/

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Publication Date: 1st Japanese edition, 1984
Condition: Oversized softcover with dust jacket in beautiful condition. All internal pages are near mint with light signs of yellowing to the front and back pages.
Page Number: 128

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Issue 01, 1996

Fashion Images de Mode is to take the temperature of fashion photography now. These images shown have a social function, reflecting current social preoccupations, the way we live and the way we dream of living. Fashion Images de Mode intends to provide a unique assessment of the visual language of our times, a stand against the ephemeral nature of magazine photography. It is above all a collectable portfolio of the years best work.

Introductory words from Lisa Lovatt-Smith and Patrick Remy.

Featured photographers and artists in this edition include the amazing Nan Goldin, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, and Chloë Sevigny, among many others.

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Publication Date: 1996
Condition: Great
Page Number: 186

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Carnaval by Claudio Edinger, 1996

“Twenty years in New York made Edinger a unique photographer. Despite living in one of the busiest capitals of the world, and fighting for recognition among the best photographers of the times, Claudio continued to build a body of personal work - a fundamental commitment to the art of photography.

Carnaval is one of the results; to take the photo, no matter what situations come between the object and the camera is above all a photographic attitude. His works have this difference - they are photos taken in spite of the photographer.

Like a Zen archer, he is only interested in the objective. Archer and bow disappear, leaving only the arrow and its target. Like an invisible photographer, Claudio Edinger captures what our eyes don’t see.”

Alexandre Dorea Ribeiro

“With and artful eye and insiders perspective, Edinger exposes the human core at the extravagant heart of Carnival. In his vivid photographs, we feel sexual energy, surreal humour, and sometime - despair that fuel the furious spectacle.”

Sudie Redmond

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Publication Date: First Printing, 1996
Condition: Hardcover with dust jacket in great condition with general signs of use and ageing
Page Number: Not Specified

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Issue 05, August 1996

Blue was a bi-monthly gay men's magazine from Australia that featured artistically composed images of nude and semi-nude men taken by top photographers from around the world. It also contained a variety of interviews and articles on art, films, music, culture, and travel. The magazine's format was oversized and it was sturdily bound on heavy paper; Blue was conceived as a "coffee table magazine."

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Publication Date: August 1996
Condition: Great
Page Number: 140

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Little Girl Lost by Drew Barrymore with Todd Gold, first printing February 1991

Written at just 14 years old, here is Drew Barrymore’s gripping, heart-wrenching story — a story of a childhood gone awry and a young woman battling to restore order to her chaotic life. It is written from the heart of a young girl whose experience mirrors that of many young children whose lives are tragically changed when they are forced to take part in drugs or alcohol.

This edition is considered rare and collectable.

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Publication Date: February 1991
Condition: Small cut to the top right corner of the front cover and a couple more very small cuts on the back. Yellowing pages. Inside is in great condition, spine hasn’t even been cracked!
Page Number: 303

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Issue 50, May 2004

Blue was a bi-monthly gay men's magazine from Australia that featured artistically composed images of nude and semi-nude men taken by top photographers from around the world. It also contained a variety of interviews and articles on art, films, music, culture, and travel. The magazine's format was oversized and it was sturdily bound on heavy paper; Blue was conceived as a "coffee table magazine."

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Publication Date: May 2004
Condition: Great
Page Number: 120

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