Matt Mahurin OOP The beautiful men and women

The beautiful men and women who populate these pages are familiar for their work in commercial modeling

sometimes they seem more animal than human

and wanting to observe the Peter Pans as they play out the struggles of adolescence—such apt metaphors for the rest of life’s battles—into eternity

78 gravure plates

This is the artist's first monograph and in his words and pictures a more complete understanding of his work emerges

Matt Mahurin OOP The beautiful men and womenIn 1988 TwelveTrees Press published the first book of Matt Mahurin's enigmatic images. After working for several years in digital imagery, and writing and directing a feature film, Mahurin returned to the simplicity of the camera and darkroom. The photographs reflect the mood and vision of his first monograph and include work from America, France, Nicaragua, Ireland, and Mexico. Mahurins vision straddles two worldsdaytime glimpses out of the corner of