{"product_id":"ben-sklar-tender-brother-limbo","title":"Ben Sklar: Tender Brother Limbo","description":"\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Sklar’s \u003cem\u003eTender Brother Limbo\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds as a meditation on masculinity as a\u003cbr\u003efragile ceremony of becoming, explored through the experience of bachelor culture. Across\u003cbr\u003ethese images, manhood is rendered through gestures, codes, and initiations that bind\u003cbr\u003eindividuals to collective ideals of strength, loyalty, and belonging. Each passage marks a\u003cbr\u003etransition from boyhood into the constructed fraternity of manhood. During the rite-of-passages\u003cbr\u003edepicted in the handmade book we go along with the man’s journey to experience feelings of\u003cbr\u003eintimacy, sensuality and an examination of the male bond.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eYet, \u003cem\u003eTender Brother Limbo\u003c\/em\u003e lingers in the spaces where these rituals soften. Sklar’s work\u003cbr\u003eis less concerned with the spectacle of masculinity than with its more subtle undercurrents—the\u003cbr\u003emoments of vulnerability and tenderness that emerge within and between these inherited\u003cbr\u003eperformances. Here, softness is exalted: transformative, raw, and profoundly human. The\u003cbr\u003e14-years of photographic works and essays are a mirror to reflect on the dynamics of male\u003cbr\u003eteachings, relationships and growth often asking more questions than defining definitive\u003cbr\u003eplatitudes. What do those traditional male narratives mean? What does it mean to be a good\u003cbr\u003eman today?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of 300. 61 photographs and 7 essays.\u003cbr\u003e128 pages, smyth-sewn and swiss-abound.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover with printed paper wrap and silver foil stamp.\u003cbr\u003eRisograph printed and assembled by hand. (9 by 7 inches).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Sklar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555803172921,"sku":"210000004379","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/0872\/9145\/files\/dsc7639-lg-edt-b-sm.jpg?v=1790280508","url":"https:\/\/shop.icp.org\/products\/ben-sklar-tender-brother-limbo","provider":"International Center of Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}