{"product_id":"jimmy-desana-by-laurie-simmons-9781597113410","title":"Jimmy DeSana","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis surreally lyrical, sexually charged book collects Jimmy DeSana's earlier work, made from 1980 to 1983. For his series \u003cem\u003eSuburban\u003c\/em\u003e, DeSana staged photos of nude subjects in various evocative poses, entwined with everyday objects and lit with gel-covered tungsten lights. Rather than constructing a space, the \"suburban\" was a place of examining stereotypes and norms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf this series, DeSana told Laurie Simmons, his contemporary and longtime roommate, \"I don't really think of that work as erotic. I think of the body almost as an object. I attempted to use the body but without the eroticism that some photographers use frequently. I think I de-eroticized a lot of it. Particularly in that period, but that is the way the suburbs are in a sense.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterest in DeSana is at a renewed high: Salon 94 represents his estate and mounted a well-received exhibition in 2012, and art and photography from the early 1980s is enjoying a renaissance across all media. There is a special interest now in queer artists and the legacy of a generation destroyed by AIDS, with regard to contemporary photography and queer culture, and \u003cem\u003eJimmy DeSana: Suburban\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential contribution to this evolving canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596707086572,"sku":"9781597113410","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/cf338f4f595a0f4aca9378b5258aba40.jpg?v=1777939411","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/jimmy-desana-by-laurie-simmons-9781597113410","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}