BALET, CATHERINE (1959-) [signed] RICARDO MARTINEZ PAZ [signed] Looking for the Masters in Ricardo's Golden Shoes. Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2016. In-8 (22 x 16.5 cm). First edition, signed by both artists. 120 photographs reproduced. Catherine Balet pays tribute to the great masters of photography with her model Ricardo Martinez Paz, whom she stages by reenacting famous images from the history of the medium with him.This series, which began in 2013 at the Rencontres d’Arles, is the result of a collaboration between photographer Catherine Balet and her very charismatic Argentine friend—who was 74 at the time—a fashion designer by trade who never goes anywhere without his pair of golden shoes. Traveling through 180 years of photographic history, Catherine and Ricardo revisit iconic images from the history of photography. With the primary intention of honoring the legacy of the great photographers, they shed new light on these images, infusing them with emotion or humor. Red hardcover with title in gold lettering.