Surrounded and inspired by a group of powerful female artists, Xavier Guardans created 'Self-Portraits' over more than a decade, a body of work that exudes the confidence of women in the 21st century. Rooted in the classicism of his European origins, Guardans returns to black-and-white photography in his third publication with a new perspective in portraiture, subverting the common understanding of self and the relationship between photographer and subject. This new book offers his interpretation of the interchangeable roles of masculine and feminine today. Guardans utilizes the voice of each artist to accompany the images. What results is a personal narrative of their experience with the artist in nature. The intriguing balance of his vision with the selection of abstract surfaces and textures makes this a timeless, poignant volume.

Xavier Guardans (b. 1954, Barcelona) is a fine art photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York for the last 25 years. Guardans' body of work, covering portraits, nudes, intimate landscapes around the world, and massive industrial structures, demonstrates a keen fascination with nature and an extraordinary finesse melding many different fields. His photographs are held in private collections around the world and selected museums. His first book, Windows, was published by Damiani in 2014. His second book, Traveling Lights, will follow in Spring 2015.

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