Debbie Fleming Caffery: the Spirit and the Flesh |
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By (photographer):
| Caffery, Debbie Fleming |
Text by:
| Springer, Carrie |
Foreword by:
| Urrea, Luis Alberto |
ISBN: | 978-1-934435-14-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | Radius Books
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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Beginning in the mid-1990s, Louisiana-born photographer Debbie Fleming Caffery lived and worked on the grounds of the Catholic church in a small village in northeastern Mexico using a tortilla shack as her studio. In addition to the religious life of the town, she turned her lens on the nearby cantina that occasionally served as a brothel.
The Spirit and the Fleshexplores the themes of grace, redemption, sin and forgiveness that Caffery encountered in this community--of which...
More DescriptionBeginning in the mid-1990s, Louisiana-born photographer Debbie Fleming Caffery lived and worked on the grounds of the Catholic church in a small village in northeastern Mexico using a tortilla shack as her studio. In addition to the religious life of the town, she turned her lens on the nearby cantina that occasionally served as a brothel. The Spirit and the Fleshexplores the themes of grace, redemption, sin and forgiveness that Caffery encountered in this community--of which she has said, "I felt incredibly comfortable in a culture rich in celebrations of religious feasts, with strong, independent, highly emotional people, much like the people I grew up with in southwest Louisiana. The brothel brought new elements into my work: secrets, sensual needs, desire and, often, unexpected love."
Debbie Fleming Cafferyhas been making photographs of the people and culture of her native Louisiana for more than 30 years; this is her fourth book.