Smithson, Aline, Karen Sinsheimer, Paula Tognarelli — Self & Others: Portrait As Autobiography

Toronto, The Magenta Foundation, 2015. Hardcover. Leopard print and orange boards with gilt spine lettering in a gold case. Orange hardshell slipcase with gilt lettering. 215 pp. Color and BW illustrations. This title is an almost twenty-year culmination of portrait photographs captured by award-winning photographer Aline Smithson. Beginning with her early forays into black and white work, produced as darkroom silver gelatin prints, she photographed the world around her considering the poignancy of childhood and the pathos of aging and relationships. The book continues with her hand-painted photographs featuring her defining series, 'Arrangement in Green and Black', where she combines humour and family to create a universal expression of motherhood. The book is completed by her colour projects that revisit beauty, the essence of childhood, and an examination of created realities. Signed by Aline Smithson!. VG/G+/VG- significant corner ding to gold half slipcase, light corner and edge wear to orange slipcase.