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(PURPLE JOURNAL, THE). Fleiss, Elein & Olivier Zahm, Editors. Paris: Purple Institute, 2001. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Erotic Photography Periodical. Fine.. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w + color covers. Text in English. Art Direction by Makoto Ohrui. For this seventh installment (of thirteen) of Elein Fleiss' "Purple Journal" devoted to fashion, photography, cinema, and literature, the editors "asked artist Richard Prince... to do a fashion shoot using our selection from the Summer 2001 collections. He photographed a local barmaid and a neighbor, both within shopping distance of his house. He shot them in his studio, and included some of his work". Beyond Prince's editorial photographs of models Amanda and Barbara, the contributors here include Rita Ackerman, Dike Blair, Bless, Claude Closky, Anders Edstrom, Roe Ethridge, Experimental Jetset, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Dan Graham, Richard Kern, Alan Licht, Tan Lin, Bob Nickas, Jeff Rian, Terry Richardson, Ola Rindal, Masafumi Sanai, Collier Schorr, Juergen Teller (photographing Kate Moss and Anita Pallenberg!), Wolfgang Tillmans, Antek Walczak, Olivier Zahm, and many more. A brand new, most handsome example perfect for the Richard Prince completeist. ISSN 1638-8364 Inventory Number: 025135