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  • Ruven Afanador: Torero - Signed By The Photographer

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    RUVEN AFANADOR: TORERO - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER

    (AFANADOR, RUVEN). Afanador, Ruven. Introduction by Hector Abad Faciolince. Poems by Gloria Maria Pardo Vargas. Thalwil, SWITZERLAND: Edition Stemmle, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. "Torero" is the exquisitely produced first book by noted Colombian-born, New York-based fashion photographer Ruven Afanador. It consists of highly stylized black and white portraits of Spanish and Latin American matadors in the studio, dressing room, and in the ring. Afanador shows an always keen eye for their masculine beauty, capturing some awfully tight talleguillas here. A most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ruven Afanador" in black ink across the half title page showing some typical slight pulling to the textblock along with some light sunning to the lettering along the spine of the dust jacket. 3-908163-48-X Inventory Number: 025309

    $600.00
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    Filed Under: Erotica, Fashion, Photography Monographs, Signed Books

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