Imagine is the third volume in Sean Palfrey’s photography book series, featuring previously unpublished work from five decades of artistic output. Filled with mysterious, abstract and beautiful imagery it presents a captivating collection of expressive shapes, patterns, illusions and musings in both colour and words.
Palfrey is a renowned paediatrician and child health advocate who has travelled the world for his work, passions and pleasure. His fascination with people, places and stories informs both his artistic and his professional practice. In Imagine, Palfrey has created a panoply of images and flights of fancy, some figurative and some abstract, but all of them start from a photograph of the real – an object, a texture, a landscape. In accompanying meditations, the photographer references ideas, art, philosophy, poetry, music, science, memory and visions of childhood as starting points for imaginative adventures.
Whether it’s a single, carefully constructed shot of a patch of sand, the reframing of already existing art or a composition of multiple exposures to make the familiar new, Palfrey’s images enjoin us to let our minds take flight and embrace a wondrous world of juxtaposition, collage, colour and thought.
This captivating new book joins Home and Wander in a growing collection that artfully combines photography with lyrical prose and breathtaking multiple-exposure imagery. To celebrate the success of this remarkable series, we’re delighted to offer you all three books – Home, Wander, and Imagine – for £60. Add all three books at checkout, and the discount applies automatically!
Details
Text and photography by Sean Palfrey
Edited by Susanne Hillen
Series Designer: Agatha Smith
Design & Layout: Jenny Kohler
Softback
Extent:168pp
Size: 210 x 235 mm, landscape (8 ¼ x 9 ¼ in.)
73 illustrations
Published by Hurtwood Press
Sean Palfrey has had an illustrious career as a practising and teaching physician, a healthcare advocate, Faculty Dean at Harvard University, and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Public Health at Boston University. Simultaneously, Palfrey has spent a lifetime exploring the boundaries of image-making through photography. In addition to being a clinician, educator and dean, he served as president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and he has been a legislative advocate for child health programmes and policies since the 1970s. Palfrey exhibits his photography in solo and group shows frequently in the USA.
We are a small team working from a limited space. We will always do our best to attend to your order promptly and will communicate if for some reason your delivery is delayed.
Your Item will be shipped using Royal Mail 48 and orders will be dispatched as soon as they are ready, separately from any other item you might order. We aim to deliver your item within the following times:
UK: 1-2 weeks
Europe: 2-4 weeks
Rest of World: 2-4 weeks
Lead times quoted are given in good faith. Where any delay occurs we will notify you by email at the earliest opportunity.
If the delivery time frame has passed and you’re still waiting for something from your order, please contact us at [email protected] and we’ll investigate for you.
Please be aware that customers in the EU may be liable for local taxes upon receiving this item.
If your product arrives damaged please contact us at [email protected] with images of the damaged item. We will then offer you an exchange or full refund.
Unfortunately we cannot offer an exchange or refund for other reasons.
