Larry Clark

The Perfect Childhood

Zürich / Berlin / New York, Scalo, 1995

1995 European edition of Clark's scandalous book, which was banned in The United States.
Orig. cardboard covers with photoillustrated dustjacket (minimally rubbed). Nice, clean and sound copy.

The Perfect Childhood is the life story of Larry Clark seen through pictures, letters and the media. Like his other books, Tulsa and Larry Clark 1992, The Perfect Childhood examines adolescence and the awakening of sexuality, including the dark undercurrents of violence and lust, providing a frank depiction of a period that is often idealized. The Perfect Childhood includes an unpublished series of black and white photographs taken at the time of the Tulsa series, his writings while in a rehabilitation hospital, video works and collages.