Pierre Keller: My Colorful Life
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My Colorful Life, published by Edition Patrick Frey, compiles nearly fifteen years of Pierre Keller’s personal photographic history into a singular, vibrant monograph. Carrying an SX-70 camera in his pocket, the Swiss artist and educator captured over four thousand Polaroids across 1970s New York, South America, and the Lake Geneva region. Keller’s snapshots document an era of radical liberation and close camaraderie alongside figures like Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, and Robert Mapplethorpe. Rejecting professional modeling for raw, spontaneous encounters, his imagery functions as an intimate diary of queer life, desire, and community just before the dawn of the digital age. The resulting book balances hedonistic joy with a quiet reverence for a generation of friends lost too soon.
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