LA photographer Ed Valfre imagines stories from snapshots of ordinary life, inviting readers to discover the magical in the everyday
"Ed Valfre is an amazing photographer... Ed Valfre is also a wonderful human being with a gigantic heart. I am fairly sure you can see that by looking at his photos. So I believe we are done here." —Musician, actor, and painter John Lurie (The Lounge Lizards)
A cup of coffee with a swirl of cream. Clouds reflected on a tabletop. A shopping cart abandoned on the sidewalk. Photographer Ed Valfre captures these little moments of everyday life in his pictures and subsequently imagines the extraordinary universes, striking feelings, and unexpected narratives each moment might contain. By turns surreal, humorous, and profound, Valfre reveals the magic to be discovered in the everyday with this collection of photographs and accompanying short stories.
Praise
"Ed Valfre is an amazing photographer... Ed Valfre is also a wonderful human being with a gigantic heart. I am fairly sure you can see that by looking at his photos. So I believe we are done here."
—Musician, actor, and painter John Lurie (The Lounge Lizards)
“A whole new kind of bookmaking. Stunning images wrapped in miniature, intensely personal, haunting stories. A delight.”
—Magician Teller (Penn & Teller)
“Through the lens of Ed Valfre’s mind, the everyday becomes the ethereal. His images spark the imagination and take us to a place just beyond reach. Or perhaps the dream already exists and Valfre shows us the proof.”
—TV producer Michael Feldman
"A Los Angeles photographer pairs his images with brief lines of text, exploring the extraordinary amid the seemingly ordinary. Capturing the beauty of everyday life in his photography, which sometimes borders on the surreal, Valfre presents evocative vignettes that riff on each image. Most of the two-page spreads feature a single black-and-white or color photograph accompanied by a short paragraph— occasionally just a sentence or two... This unusual volume will please browsers and is also a good source of creative prompts for language arts and fine art classes. A thoughtful, imaginative work to inspire dreamers and observers."
—Kirkus Reviews
