The Lewis Baltz Library - Steidl

Diana Michener
Sweethearts
“This work in another form was shown at The New York Film Festival in 1982. It still remains, for me, a study in
indecision. The Sweethearts are emblematic of that thing that can exist between couples, when one can not assume
the persona of the other.”
Adopting the form of a flip book, Sweethearts presents a sequence of film stills which segue through a series of
theatrical moments set on a domestic stage. The actors appear in banal moments of daily life and animated moments
of conflict to offer an intimate exploration of the vagaries of love and life.
Diana Michener was born in Boston in April 1940. She studied at the New School in New York City with Lisette Model
and at a workshop in Yosemite with Ansel Adams. In 2001 the Maison Europèenne de la Photographie exhibited a large
survey exhibition of her work entitled “Silence Me”. A catalogue of the same name accompanied the exhibition. Michener
lives and works in Paris and New York, and is represented by Pace/MacGill, New York. In 2005 Steidl published her
award winning book Dogs, Fires, Me.
Diana Michener
Sweethearts
Book design by Diana Michener and Gerhard Steidl
224 pages with full color throughout
6.7 x 4.5 in./17 x 11.5 cm
Softcover
US$20.00/£10.00/€15.00
ISBN 978-3-86521-713-4
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