artist spotlight: harriet heyman and acey harper

[Lauren J. Herley. Tiburon, California, 2009]

[Eve Diamond Feldman. Dogtown, Marin County, California, 2010]

[Lauren J. Herley. Sausalito, California, 2010]

[Breonna Noack. San Francisco, California, 2008]

[Kari Podgorski. Bolians, California, 2010]

[Alvin Tam (l) and Emmanuel Kizayilawoko (r). Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, 2009]

[Eve Diamond Feldman (l), Valerie Koechlin (c), and Stephanie Koechlin (r). San Francisco, California, 2009] 

all images via Private Acts: The Acrobat Sublime

Private Acts: The Acrobat Sublime is a multimedia project created by San Francisco based author Harriet Heyman and photographer Acey Harper that embraces and exposes in a new light - through photographs, essays, and video - acrobats and the acrobatic arts. 

Their collection, in a way, is visual poetry. It's raw, mysterious, unusual, seductive, explosive and it fires our imaginations! I'm intrigued by the way these images defy age, gender, and gravity and I absolutely love the way the acrobats pose outside their usual zones such as in playgrounds, cow pastures, light posts, and tunnels. 

The book Private Acts: The Acrobat Sublime is published by Rizzoli New York. This exquisitely produced, 224-page hardcover fine-art book includes 100 photographs and four essays. Learn more about the book here. 

This book would be a perfect coffee table addition!