Bettina Rheims/Serge Bramly. Rose - c'Est Paris (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783836527859)

Femme Fantomas: A detective story, told in photos and film, that unfolds in the streets, cafes, cabarets, abandoned factories, and grand hotels of Paris Bettina Rheims and Serge Bramly's Rose, c'est Paris is both a photographic monograph and a feature-length film on DVD. This extraordinary work of art, in two different but interlocking and complementary formats, defies easy categorization. For in this multi-layered opus of poetic symbolism, photographer Bettina Rheims and writer Serge Bramly evoke the City of Light in a completely novel way: this is a Paris of surrealist visions, confused identities, artistic phantoms, unseen manipulation, obsession, fetish, and seething desire.

Equal parts erotica, fashion shoot, art monograph, metaphysical mystery, social and cultural archaeology of the French capital, and neo-noir art-house film--Rose, c'est Paris is the steamy tale of twin sisters, known only as B and Rose, and a third principal--the city itself. An abduction leads to a detective story that unfolds in the streets, cafes, cabarets, museums, abandoned factories, and grand hotels of Paris. What happened to the missing sister? Was there a plot? Was she really kidnapped? Is she alive or dead? Is it in fact a case of mistaken identity? Rheims and Bramly create a series of extraordinary tableaux suggesting all these possibilities and many more, featuring a host of celebrity figures, including Naomi Campbell, Michelle Yeoh, Monica Bellucci, Charlotte Rampling, Valerie Lemercier, Ines Sastre, Anna Mouglalis, Audrey Marnay, Anthony Delon, Rona Hartner, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Azzedine Alaia, Louise Bourgoin, and Helena Noguerra.

After our limited and art editions, this book is now available in a standard edition. Text in English, French, and German

Author: Taschen
ISBN-10: 3836527855
ISBN-13: 9783836527859
Publisher: Taschen
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2011
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.88lbs
Size: 14.26h x 10.42w x 1.45d