Published to mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of legendary American photographer Rodney Smith (1947–2016), this volume is an invitation to enter a world suspended between illusion and reality. Smith’s work is characterized by a refined blend of classical elegance and a subtle, surreal irony reminiscent of René Magritte. Featuring over one hundred evocative works, the book captures ladies in couture clothes balancing on tightropes and dapper gentlemen with cardboard boxes over their heads. Working exclusively with film and natural light, Smith’s dreamlike images are characterized by meticulous craftsmanship and formal precision, revealing a poetic and unexpected side of reality without ever denying it.