In her second artist book for Perimeter Editions, young Israeli photographer Dafy Hagai shifts her vantage from the faux-idyllic, sun-soaked scenes of 2015 book Sunset to embrace a more intimate, brazen and innuendo-laden position. Oscillating between youthful cheekiness and visceral sexuality,Golden Showers continues Hagai's unique re-routing of the queer gaze and presents an at once gritty and playful update on the language of female desire. Characterised by her unique acumen for framing, gesture and visual cadence, Golden Showers represents a striking new development in the Tel Aviv-based artist's output.
Hagai's work has been published in magazines including Vogue, VICE, Dazed and Confused, i-D,Badlands 777, Jalouse, L’Officiel Italia, Vault, Nero Mag, Wax, It’s nice that, V, Grazia, Juice, Unlimited,Dreck, Office and Pik, and for clients including Levi's, Eytys, X-Ray Eyewear, Big K.R.I.T., Joey Bada$$, Castro Israel and several others. Her books includeIsraeli Girls (Art Paper Editions, 2014) and Sunset (Perimeter Editions, 2015).
*Special edition comes with a signed print, limited copies.
38 pages, saddle-stitched softcover, Perimeter Editions (Melbourne).