Photographs by Sally Gall
Essay by James Salter

With The Water’s Edge, we are suddenly made aware of the unconscious that lies just below the unrippled veneer, a storehouse of repressed desires – nature empowered with a soul.

In an eloquent introduction, writer James Salter explores the relationship between the photographer and her subject, as well as, the mystery, the longing, and the trepidation that these photographs inevitably conjure up for the viewer. “The photographs in this book, with their composition, light, and marvelous surface, are put together like poems,” he writes. “There is an affinity, I think, between Sally Gall and certain isolate artists – Borges, Balthus, Sibelius – in both the mood and independence of vision. Despite absolute clarity there are secrets.”

About the Authors:

SALLY GALL grew up in a city (Houston) and now lives in one (New York) but often travels to places wild and far from human habitation to create her photographs. Born in 1956, she received her B.F.A degree in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1978. The recipient of several major awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist’s Fellowship, Gall has had her photographs exhibited at galleries and museums around the country. Her works are in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Biblioteque Nationale in Paris, among others.

JAMES SALTER is a novelist whose work, by his own admission, has been influenced by such artists as Pierre Bonnard and David Hockney. Born in 1925, he has lived and traveled widely in Europe. His books include Light Years, A Sport and a Pastime, Solo Faces, and Dusk and Other Stories, which won the 1989 PEN / Faulkner award.

Hardcover / $45 USD signed / $30 USD unsigned
9.25″ x 9.25″ / 71 pages
Duotone images;
ISBN: 0-8118-0848-3

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