Author Description

"Fantastic Voyage features excerpts from all of Tress's photographic explorations - from his seldom-seen early documentary work to the dream imagery of his best-known series (among them Dream Collector, Shadow, and Theater of the Mind); from explorations of sexuality to the elaborate constructs of Teapot Opera, Fish Tank Sonata, and Requiem for a Paperweight. His latest work, visionary experiments in photographic distortion and collage, is published here for the first time. In the words of Philip Brookman, curator of photography at the Corcoran, this book (and the accompanying exhibition) is "a personal journey from the real to the imaginary - emphasizing Tress's unique language of surrealism, humor and psychosocial commentary... Tress's work, above all else, reveals a personal approach to photography, a subjective view of the work that continually reinvents itself while it ponders universal archetypes and myths."".