Artists & Prostitutes.

This is a rare book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Koln: Taschen, 2006. Thick folio. Orig. hot-pink cloth with black titling. In matching case (slightly rubbed) and orig. printed cardboard packing carton. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with full-page and double-page uncaptioned colour portraits and photographic images. White satin ribbon marker. The corresponding 10-page catalogue shows the thumbnail versions of all the photographs, captioned and dated. This book is copy number 0789 of a worldwide edition of twenty-five hundred copies signed by David La Chappelle. First edition, first and only printing. Assoc. ephemera loosely inserted. NOTE: David La Chappelle is one of the most audacious and ambitious photographers in the history of portraiture. His first professional job was shooting for Andy Warhol at Interview magazine. Since then his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world and his images have appeared in numerous prestigious magazines.