The Lewis Baltz Library - Steidl

Lou Reed
Romanticism
“I love photography. I love digital. I love digital. It’s what I’d always wished for. Being in the camera and experiencing
the astonishing accomplishment of the creations of life sparked through the beauty of the detailed startling power of
the glass lens. A new German lens brings a mist to me. The colors and light I come to see through the beauty of the
camera. A love that lasts forever is the love of the lens of sharpness – of spirit warmth and depth and feeling. It makes
my body pour emotion into the heartbeat of the world. A great trade and exchange. I think of the camera as my soul.
Much like a guitar. My lovely Alpa has rosewood grips. What more could you need?
Well – the pictures. “Romanticism” is exactly that: in Scotland, Denmark, Spain, Rome, China and Big Sur to name a few.
The landscape and architecture that I find so fascinating. The trees and the wind billowing and dancing in Edinburgh
reminding me of the storm I fell in love with in Cork. The perspectives and range of blacks and whites the perfect thing
for a film noir fan. The joy of putting together a book of the best I have to give you in our exchange of viewpoints. The
binding and the color and joy of working on this wondrous team again. I am very lucky to have access to what I see.”
Lou Reed was inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and is a founding member of the legendary Velvet
Underground. He has acted in and composed music for a number of films and is the recipient of the Chevalier
Commander of Arts and Letters from the French Government. He is the author of Pass thru Fire and the play The Raven.
Lou Reed’s Romanticism is his third photo book after Emotion in Action and Lou Reed’s New York which was also
published by Edition 7L. Lou Reed lives in New York City.
Lou Reed
Romanticism
Book design by Lou Reed and Gerhard Steidl
68 pages with 45 quadtone plates
14.2 x 9.8 in./36 x 25 cm
Hardcover with dust jacket
US$ 85.00/£40.00/€ 68.00
ISBN 978-3-86521-728-8
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