Looking for the Masters in Ricardo''s Golden Shoes

In the summer of 2013 photographer Catherine Balet and her friend, the stylist Ricardo Martinez Paz, were at the Arles Photography Festival in the South of France. Balet had often been amused by Ricardo's resemblance to Picasso and had always intended to recreate Robert Doisneau's famous image of the painter with loaves for fingers. The publication of these initial images on their Facebook pages aroused such enthusiasm that it prompted them to develop the work. Now three years later the series extends to over 120 images spanning the whole history of photography.

About the author

Catherine Balet graduated at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and worked as a painter before turning to photographyten years ago, with an artistic approach to sociological issues. As a freelance photographer, she has been a regular contributor to various French and international magazines. Her work has been exhibited widely and is part of private collections. She lives and works in Paris and Brighton. In 2006, Steidl published Identity. An early image from the series, Ines connected with Amina, won the London National Portrait Gallery Taylor Wessing Photographic Third prize in 2008.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Balet, Balet Catherine
• Assisted by: Catherine Balet (Photographs)
• Publisher: Lewis (Dewi) Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2016
• EAN: 9781911306009
• ISBN: 978-1-911306-00-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Photography & photographs, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General