The Birthday Party

Photographer
Vee Speers
Publisher

Dewi Lewis Publishing
ISBN

9781904587644 — Open search and refresh status Amazon.ca — Open search and refresh status Amazon.com — Open search and refresh status AbeBooks — Open search and refresh status eBay — Open search and refresh status
Publication Year

2008
Edition

First Edition

Hardcover English 96 pages 33 × 27 × 1.8 cm 1043 g

Description

The Birthday Party employs a careful visual approach to capturing intimate, often tense moments within a confined social setting. Photographs focus on human interactions marked by subtle gestures and expressions, embodying an atmosphere of unease and ambiguity.

Comprising 96 pages, the work explores themes of social performance, isolation, and the unseen dynamics that unfold beneath surface civility. The images convey a mood oscillating between celebration and discomfort, using shadow and composition to heighten emotional complexity.

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