Emerald Drifters [Hardcover]

Photographer and writer Cig Harveys new work is a poetic, richly saturated exploration of life through pigment

Following her celebrated monographBlue Violet(Monacelli, 2021), photographer Cig Harvey continues her personal study of sensory experience, focusing on the ephemeral nature of light, pigment, and vision. Her latest photographs are lush tableaux of her signature subjects  flora, cakes, domestic interiors, and the human figure in landscape  accompanied by prose vignettes on the science and art of color, written in her vibrant, intimate style. Featuring an afterword by award-winning novelist and poet Ocean Vuong,Emerald Driftersis a catalogue of pleasures and heartbreaks, and an urgent call to live.

Cig Harveyis a British-born, Maine-based artist who uses images and language to celebrate the beauty in the everyday. Her work has been featured inThe New York Times,Vogue, andThe Wall Street Journal. This is her fifth monograph.

Ocean Vuongis a writer, professor, and photographer. He is the author of theNew York Timesbestselling poetry collectionTime Is a Mother, and the American Book Award-winning novelOn Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous.

Personal and poetic, [Emerald Drifters] is a visual feast that showcases the beauty of life in a variety of captivating forms. Boston Magazine

InEmerald Drifters, [Cig Harvey] highlights the power and beauty of color. The New England Magazine

?[A] rallying cry to exist in our bodies.  VirginiaThe New Yorker

This poetic and intimate volume catalogues transient pleasures and heartbreaks. Here, audiences are reminded of what it means to embrace being alive. Aesthetica Magazine

Emerald Driftersfills me with awe and envy. Cig Harvey is not only an extraordinary imagemaker but a terrific writer. I turn each page filled with wonder and gratilÃ