Tony Ward - OBSESSIONS XL - 1998

Once a commercial photographer for corporate industry, Tony Ward now presents his expressively clear and graphic fine-art photography in Obsessions -- a book that knows no boundaries. From "bodyscapes" that focus on one corporal aspect to bold, sexy portraits, to confrontational tableaux vivants where models are arranged in theatrical compositions, trust provides both the foundation and the impetus for Ward's work.

This astounding collection of photographs reaches beyond the physical to explore the erotic as a universal subject. Filled with Ward's intensely personal vision and multi-cultural perspective, the works question a world based on classifications of race, gender, and sexual preference. The tensions emerging from his varied subjects are matched by a formal dialectic of strongly modem and subtly classical elements.