From Velvet to Infrared.

Lou Reed claimed most of his fame when he served as the guitarist and vocalist for The Velvet Underground in the 1960's. After leaving the band in 1970 he worked on various solo projects. But, I'm not here to talk about the music.

Recently, Reed published his third photography book entitled Romanticism. His first, Emotion in Action, was published in summer of 2003 with a subsequent book being published in 2006. The first two books show more of a point-and-shoot photography of either motion or New York City.

The third book proves to conquer a much more diverse subject range. For the book Reed had a digital camera altered for images to appear as infrared film. This technique gives film a surreal look by causing foliage to appear white and for other objects to appear as different colors depending on the temperature of the object. The subjects for his photograph are much different, as well, with images shot in Scotland, Denmark, and China. The book is available for order now through this site.

"I think of the camera as my soul. Much like a guitar." Lou Reed

Pic via: Nowness