108 Portraits
Santa Fe: Twin Palms Publishers, 1992. 1st Edition. Folio, publisher's black cloth, spine and boards stamped in black, black endpapers, original black dust jacket lettered in white.
108 lush, large-format gravure plates, reproducing Polaroid portraits made for casting purposes, by filmmaker Van Sant. Portraits include William S. Burroughs, Sophia Coppola, Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, Flea, River Phoenix, John Singleton, David Bowie, John Waters, Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway and Van Sant himself. "As I look closely at the pictures, I am reminded about the power a single person carries around with them. Everyone is different, and yet they all look somehow the same. They all embody huge potentials for success or failure, for nervousness or calm, for sainthood or deviltry, and have individually had their proportionate share of both" (from the introduction by Van Sant). One of 4000 unnumbered copies, published simultaneously with a signed limited edition of 126 copies. Unclipped dust jacket with shallow chipping to head of spine and small scratch to upper panel. Near fine. Item #9947
$400.00