Tress built the collection “on an artist’s shoestring budget,” as he says, and “pour l’amour de l’art.” Over more than fifty years he amassed an extensive and important collection of over 1400 titles dating from the late 17 th century through the 1930s. His photography has been featured in major exhibitions around the world.Īrthur began collecting Japanese illustrated books in 1965 when he was visiting Kyoto. He has produced numerous photo books as well, including Fish Tank Sonata (2000), Egypt 1963 (2014), The Circle of The Orange Rubber Traffic Cone (2019), and others. In one his most famous projects, Dream Collector, Tress represented the hidden tensions and symbolic language of children’s dreams. Tress’s vast body of work includes series on the environment, the dramas of adult relationships, male same-sex desire, and many others. 1940) is an acclaimed American photographer known for his dreamlike staged images and exploration of the human body. Arthur Tress with his ikebana teacher, Mr.
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