Heavenly Bodies: Photographs by Pierre & Gilles

Product Description The saints and sinners in Pierre & Gilles sexy universe are beauties from another planet. The French photographers rounded up a gaggle of their illustrious palsactors, models, porn stars, and celebritiesand posed them as gods of antiquity, or immortals from the Old and New Testament, or as blue painted gods of the Gitas. Who knew that Kylie Minogue was a ringer for Saint Mary MacKillop, the patron saint of Australia? Pierre and Gilles luminous and exuberant photographs celebrate the enchantment of gay culture, which clearly has its own pantheon. The pop-art sensibility of their work need not distract us from the importance of their unique vision, for Pierre and Gilles images have inspired countless photographers and designers. About the Author Odon Vallet is a distinguished historian of comparative religion.