Arthur Tress

by Lorenz, Richard

"Fantastic Voyage is the first retrospective on the work of Arthur Tress, one of the most prolific and diversified art photographers working in America. Tress's forty-five-year career has spanned documentary and imaginary worlds; it can be seen as a long, fantastic voyage from early photo-journalism into the realms of surrealism, eroticism, staged imagery, and miniature worlds of his own creation. Tress's contribution and influence have earned him a place in the canon as well as a cult following. Hence this volume, published in association with an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, has been long awaited in the photographic community.". "Fantastic Voyage features excerpts from all of Tress's photographic explorations - from his seldom-seen early documentary work to the dream imagery of his best-known series (among them Dream Collector, Shadow, and Theater of the Mind); from explorations of sexuality to the elaborate constructs of Teapot Opera, Fish Tank Sonata, and Requiem for a