Classic Series book. Limited Edition of 915 signed, numbered and boxed copies.

No artist was better suited to illustrate the poetry of William Blake than Blake himself. If, however, one were to seek a contemporary artist who could best interpret Blake's celebrated Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, there would be no better choice than Joel-Peter Witkin. 40 never before published images of Witkin's most recent work (including stunning color plates) seamlessly blend with 22 classic images to illustrate William Blake's timeless poetry. An expanded essay by editor John Wood places Witkin's and Blake's personal visions in context and sets the stage for a uniquely contemporary retelling of Blake's seminal texts.

The first photographic book printed in a new 10 color, ultra high resolution process on lush 100% cotton Arches paper.

There are very few books of English poetry that exist in more editions than these Songs, but no edition before now has ever attempted to resee Blake's actual Vision in the fabric of a later time. Witkin's Blake is as important a contribution to art as it is to mystical thought. The words of the greatest Western visionary of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have now been translated into visual images by the greatest Western visionary of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, yet the timeless content of their work is the same.

Photographs by Joel-Peter Witkin.
Poetry by William Blake.
Text John Wood.
Design by Carolyn Eckert.
10 color printing and binding by Yon Art.
Arches 100% cotton paper.
13" x 12".

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