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INTRODUCTION to Blow Me a Kiss by Christian John Wikane

Alice Harris is a storyteller. Her language is photography. She possesses a unique vision shaped by international travel and years spent in the vanguard of fashion and entertainment. The stories she tells come alive in vibrant colors and vivid shades of black and white. She inspires us, stirs our imagination, and sparks our fantasies. Her aesthetic is bold, sensual, and always beautiful. She invites us to view our world through her lens, and what we see is unforgettable.

As the acclaimed, best-selling author of The White T, The Blue Jean, and The Wedding Album, Alice Harris curated a stunning collection of photographs by the world’s most groundbreaking artists. In Blow Me a Kiss, she explores our fascination with lips print, the luscious pout of supermodel’s, even lipstick’s power to transform drab into fab. Spanning more than 100 years, the work of Francesco Scavullo, David LaChapelle, Andy Warhol, Erwin Blumenfeld, Roy Lichtenstein, Yelena Yemchuk, Man Ray, Elliott Erwitt, and several other visual virtuosos depict lips of every shape and size in nearly every kind of setting. These images have graced Vogue, LIFE, and Harper’s Bazaar, adorned album covers and movie posters, and appeared in museums and galleries all across the globe.

Some lips are so famous they speak for themselves. Moments from classic cinema capture Bogie and Bacall’s “prelude” to a kiss and Lolita’s seductive gaze. Anthony Quinn and Anna Karina casually unwind with a smoke while the lips of Grace Jones, Michael Jackson, and Liza Minnelli illuminate striking works of art. Whether music legends like Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, and Debbie Harry or silver screen goddesses like Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, and Marlene Dietrich, some of the most celebrated faces in pop culture give lips a good name.

On every page of Blow Me a Kiss, Alice Harris offers a gateway to untold pleasures. Turn the page and let the lips tell the story.

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Blow Me a Kiss by Alice Harris
Introduction by Christian John Wikane
Cover photo by Ormond Gigli
Published by powerHouse Books

Art | Beauty | Desire
Hardcover | 8" x 11.15" | 112 pages
80 photographs
ISBN: 978-1-57687-648-0
$30.00 US/CAN
All royalties from Blow Me a Kiss will be donated to Library for All.

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Is there anything more alluring than lips bathed in crimson red? An icon of untold pleasures, they’re synonymous with style, sex, and even scandal. Whether pursed or provocatively parted, lips have undeniable visual power, while lipstick remains a timeless symbol of glamour and sensuality. Blow Me a Kiss offers a dazzling look at our fascination with lips and the myriad ways they’ve been depicted in paintings, film, and photography.

Acclaimed author and style innovator Alice Harris curates a unique collection of photographs and works of art that celebrate lips of different shapes and sizes, tones and textures, and their power and influence on our culture. Packed with more than 80 color and black-and-white pictures, Blow Me a Kiss presents stunning images by Andy Warhol, David LaChapelle, Francesco Clemente, Lillian Bassman, Elizabeth Peyton, Alex Katz, Cindy Sherman, Louise Bourgeois, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Elliott Erwitt, Jeff Koons, Elinor Carucci, Bert Stern, William Klein, Mario Sorrenti, and many other groundbreaking visual artists who’ve depicted lips at work and lips at play, from lips caught in quiet repose, to lips locked in a lustful embrace, to the lipstick stained remains of an ephemeral kiss.

Blow Me a Kiss spotlights lips so legendary that they speak for themselves from a range of famous personalities that have long seduced and spellbound audiences of every generation including music luminaries like Mick Jagger and Tina Turner and an international array of beautiful women from Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor to Lindsay Lohan, Cindy Crawford, and Lana Del Rey.

Blow Me a Kiss is a compelling chronicle of the impact a beautiful set of lips has had on modern visual culture.

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