SHOOT THE ARROW: A PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD FAMOUS *BOB* — AMY TOUCHETTE
SHOOT THE ARROW: A PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD FAMOUS *BOB* — AMY TOUCHETTE
Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* (Un-Gyve Press, Boston, 2013) photographs by Amy Touchette with words by The World Famous *BOB*. Shoot the Arrow is a 137 page cloth bound hardback book with 112 plates. ISBN: 978-0-9829198-4-2.
Shoot the Arrow is a collection of Amy Touchette's intimate black-and-white photographs of the onstage and offstage life of celebrated New York City burlesque dancer The World Famous *BOB*. A central figure in today's "neo-burlesque" movement, the self-described "female-female impersonator" is known for her over-the-top blonde bombshell image. Touchette used 24-hour photo sessions and exclusive access to The World Famous *BOB*'s private life to produce a deep, unique, and moving photographic biography of a woman pursuing dreams of glamour and fame. Photographed strictly on 35mm film, Touchette's pictures of The World Famous *BOB* on stage, backstage, in her daily life, and during private moments at home, are rich and beautifully real. Also containing the words of The World Famous *BOB* -- plain-spoken words that appear on the page as purely extracted un-distracted and un-distracting prose -- giving account of her evolution from an isolated farm girl in the California Valley to a performer in New York City's burlesque revival, Shoot the Arrow is an unusually penetrating and authentic portrait of contemporary life.