A woman in a hospital bed. A
post-coital couple. Two kids in the
woods. A burlesque dancer. A
group of flappers on the beach. A
coal miner. An Afghan rebel with a
machine gun. A pregnant woman.
Picasso. Chet Baker. Female welders
on break. A group of nuns. All
smoking. This concise artist’s book is
an homage and a small consolation.
Düsseldorf cult conceptual photographer
Hans-Peter Feldmann,
who has smoked for 30 years, here
attacks the burgeoning international
movement against smoking in
public places with a series of found
photographs that illustrate the
positive sides of the act.