{"product_id":"alex-stoddard-insex-9783735608154","title":"Alex Stoddard: Insex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Stoddard has an impressive vision for composition ... each one seemingly marries fear and darkness with the delicacy of purity and the organic.\" -\u003ci\u003eJuxtapoz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis debut monograph from the Los Angeles-based photographer Alex Stoddard explores the parallels between metamorphosis in the natural world and human coming-of-age. Through staged, highly stylized images, Stoddard invites viewers into his magical, colorfully dark world of budding sexuality and crawling insects. Each detailed scene features a youthful subject--often Stoddard himself--in a state of change or paired with a many-legged counterpart. The previously unreleased series of 70 images paints a surreal picture of adolescence and young adulthood in a glorious frenzy of buzzing hormones and sprouting wings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInsex\u003c\/i\u003e marks the artist's first cohesive collection of work, a departure from the stand-alone self-portraits for which he is known. Drawing on his childhood in rural Georgia, Stoddard sets his photographs in a fecund but menacing natural world, where bodies and flora and fauna become interchangeable symbols. Stoddard calls the unbridled metamorphosis in this volume his \"love letter to change.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Stoddard\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1993) was raised in rural Georgia. He is represented by Fahey\/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles and has worked for select clients and publications such as Universal Republic Records, Warner Music Group, Refinery29 and \u003ci\u003eJuxtapoz\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Additionally, Stoddard has exhibited his work at numerous international venues, including galleries in Paris, New York City, Brussels and Luxembourg City. \u003ci\u003eInsex\u003c\/i\u003e travels as a solo exhibition in spring 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerber Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783735608154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.40h x 9.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Alex Stoddard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41839492169909,"sku":"9783735608154","price":59.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f9b7d88e-649f-41d9-89ee-fb5e1347bb27.jpg?v=1646730317","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alex-stoddard-insex-9783735608154","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}