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Luis Gonzalez Palma: Poems of Sorrow

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Luis Gonzalez Palma is a true artist with a beautiful sense of the people of his country. His work captures the heartbreak and passion that is Guatemalan indio culture and brings it into reality by using fantastical images and old time sepia toned style. One of the most amazing photo books I've ever seen.

I first saw this book on an artist friend's coffee table in Santa Fe.
I know they say don't judge a book by its cover, but that's exactly what compelled me to pick it up & upon opening it, gasp at the wonder of being introduced to the work of this incredible photographer - though to say he is simply a photographer does not begin to do justice!
I'll admit I'm the first to spend all the grocery money on books, but this book, though dear, is printed to the highest standard of quality & not sparse in any way, so to me, well worth saving for & splurging on.

Poems of Sorrow delivers a song to humanity, to women, to children, to age, and to grief and myth and darkness.
Breathtaking to behold, rich with symbolism and supernatural energy, the imagery of Luis Gonzalez Palma is a spiritual and emotional experience.

Maija Veide, New York