Author: Caffery, Debbie (and) Carie Springer
Title: Debbie Fleming Caffery: The Spirit and the Flesh
Description: Sante Fe, Radius Books, 2009. Hardcover. Matte printed boards with a matching dust jacket. The dust jacket has white text down a black spine. Pages: (8), 9-95, (1). Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. "Beginning in the mid-1990s, Louisiana-born photographer Debbie Fleming Caffery lived and worked on the grounds of the Catholic church in a small village in northeastern Mexico using a tortilla shack as her studio. In addition to the religious life of the town, she turned her lens on the nearby cantina that occasionally served as a brothel. "The Spirit and the Flesh" explores the themes of grace, redemption, sin and forgiveness that Caffery encountered in this community--of which she has said, "I felt incredibly comfortable in a culture rich in celebrations of religious feasts, with strong, independent, highly emotional people, much like the people I grew up with in southwest Louisiana. The brothel brought new elements into my work: secrets, sensual needs, desire and, often, unexpected love." Debbie Fleming Caffery has been making photographs of the people and culture of her native Louisiana for more than 30 years; this is her fourth book. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on the top text block. Due date card on the back free end page. Sticker on the back pasted end page.

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