Liquid NightThe images in Bill Hensons cinematic new book The Liquid Night, derive from work the highly acclaimed artist shot on 35mm colour negative film in New York City in 1989. They present a kaleidoscopic, nocturnal journey through the frenetic, neon lit streets of a long lost America. "They were shot as formal 35mm frames and served as images in quest of an artistic resolution which Bill Henson became besotted with and which he has now resolved in digital

in its steadfast celebration of things as they are

The book includes Singh’s associative visual essay “Sea of Files” in its entirety

Included is a selection of color Polaroids and objects incorporating his early “instant” photography

including two newly discovered books which have never been seen before

Insieme (together) tells of a photographic experience in Italy that was composed in the form of an intimate

playing on atmospheres both real and imagined

Among these domestic landscapes are portraits of Meeks’ daughter

and even subsequent editions--two of which altered the design and typography of the book in small but significant ways--are often available only at libraries and rare bookstores

billboards and parking lots)

published by The Museum of Modern Art in 1938 to accompany an exhibition of photographs by Evans that captured scenes of America in the early 1930s

eucalyptus and palm trees that once flourished in the area

a family graveyard and children playing