Secret selves

by Leonard Nimoy

Exhibition catalog published on the occasion of "Leonard Nimoy: Secret Selves" on view at MASS MoCA from July 31, 2010 through December 2010. Better known for his role as Spock in Star Trek, Nimoy is also a photographer, and in the photos in this exhibition he captures people's "secret selves."

79 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Jewish-American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer.

He was best known for playing the character of Spock on Star Trek, an American television series that ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969, in addition to several movie sequels. 🖖

Reviews

[Carolyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading William Shatner's biography of Nimoy, I was interested enough to explore Nimoy's three books of photography: this one (about ordinary people and their inner visions or fantasies of themselves), _Shekhina_ (female nudes as an expression of spirituality, as in Orthodox Jewish liturgy), and _The Full Body Project_ (very large women proudly displaying their nude bodies). They were all interesting, but if the photographer hadn't been a celebrity, I doubt that they would have drawn much attention. Fortunately, the library found them for me. I wasn't interested enough to pay art book prices.