LOVE by R.BLISS

MOM is very proud to bring you the debut publication from R.Bliss; ‘Love’.

Through an unflinching lens, we witness her most intimate moments in relationships with men , women, friends and strangers. Using photography, she explores her own perversity, laid bare in all its complexity. This is not a sanitized or romanticized portrayal, but a visceral and unvarnished exploration of the reality of her experience.

With a likeness to that of artists who revel in obscenity such as Bruce LaBruce, Nan Goldin, Ran Hang & Peter Berlin, Bliss’s 35mm film photography, handwritten diary entries and personal contents are laid out and exposed into a page-turning piece. The graphic imagery of nudity and blood are not used for shock value, but as a testament to the rawness and vulnerable nature of human intimacy. This is contrasted with softer moments from Bliss’s life, moments of humor, romance and melancholy. ‘Love’ is a declaration of autonomy, a rejection of societal expectations, and a celebration of the unapologetic self. Making the viewer question their own hesitance to the imagery, which is met with a desire to find the beauty in what some see as shocking and extreme.
 

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158 Pages 
210 x 271mm
Colour Indigo Printing
Perfect Bound
Reflective Soft Cover
ISBN: 979-8-89480-921-2
Printing : E-Plot
First Edition of 300





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Available at select retailers:Metropolis Books (Melbourne CBD)
Perimeter Books (Thornbury)
Lulu’s Record Store (Thornbury)
Fiend Book Store (Online)
ERROR 404 (Fitzroy)
Repressed Records (Sydney)
Kinokuniya (Sydney)














































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