The publication includes texts from the artist, in addition to an introductory essay by American author, photography critic and journalist Philip Gefter and a forward excerpted from cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker’s seminal 1973 work The Denial of Death.
Printed in four colors on rich clay-coated stock, this first printing of Vanitas: The Palermo Portraits is limited to five hundred copies and is published to coincide with Rolston’s 2025 multi-venue exhibition of Vanitas.
Hardcover: 12.5 x 18 x 1.5 inches, 118 pages, 50 four-color plates.
The publication includes texts from the artist, in addition to an introductory essay by American author, photography critic and journalist Philip Gefter and a forward excerpted from cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker’s seminal 1973 work The Denial of Death.
Printed in four colors on rich clay-coated stock, this first printing of Vanitas: The Palermo Portraits is limited to five hundred copies and is published to coincide with Rolston’s 2025 multi-venue exhibition of Vanitas.
Hardcover: 12.5 x 18 x 1.5 inches, 118 pages, 50 four-color plates.
