Images (book)

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Author David Lynch
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Photo book, painting
Publisher Hyperion Books
Publication date
1994
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages191
ISBN 0-7868-6060-X
OCLC 29877740
791.43/0233/092 20
LC Class PN1998.3.L96 A25 1994

Images, first published in 1994, [1] is a book by David Lynch. [2] The book "in which he chooses representative selections from his various modes of self-expression" [3] may serve as an introduction to his own work.

Contents

Contents

Moving Images
Images

Reception

In her monograph on Lynch's photographic work, Petra Giloy-Hirtz states that Images "offers a window into the iconic filmmaker's creative vision." [4]

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References

  1. Chion, Michel (2019-07-25). David Lynch. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-1-83871-520-5.
  2. Lynch, David (1994-12-01). Images. Hyperion. ISBN   978-0-7868-6060-9.
  3. Olson, Greg (2008-09-29). David Lynch: Beautiful Dark. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6371-2.
  4. Giloy-Hirtz, Petra (2014). David Lynch: The Factory Photographs. Prestel. ISBN   978-3-7913-5333-3.