Serpent's Chronicle

Serpent's ChronicleWith his last book, Travels with Van Gogh and The Impressionists, Neil Folbergalready well known as a photographer of landscape and architecturetook his work in a surprising, and successful, new direction, using costumed actors and carefully arranged settings to reconstruct the milieux of some of the worlds most beloved artists. Serpents Chronicle represents a further evolution of Folbergs interest in staged photography: here, the images form a

A mighty ruler discovers someone in his kingdom has more power than himself

the largest baobabs are dying off

but also the variations (sometimes subtle

laborers and gourmands

Unlike science fiction

She describes the appearance

Millman first became fascinated with New York’s sheet-metal cornices when

lying between Karpathos and Crete

outrageous

and studio

from young and old

to Einstein and Picasso