This is the link to buy the book of photographs of my dolls taken by Richard Gardner:
https://www.blurb.com/b/12505666-les-poupees-doll-culture
Richard is not making any money off the book. The book is priced at Blurb's cost to produce it. It is not a big book; it is 7x7 inches. It is softcover, 44 pages. If you click on the image at Blurb, you can see a short preview.
Major influences include the celebrated fashion photographer Sarah Moon in addition to Surrealist artist Man Ray.
For decades as a hairdresser, make-up artist, and photographer he has documented the perceived reality of beauty within the current zeitgeist.
His photography has shown in galleries nationally and internationally.
A self-taught photographer, Gardner has taken courses at both the International
Center of Photography and Center of Photography at Woodstock.
His hand-colored images have been a part of the course curriculum at ICP.
In addition to his fine artwork, Gardner had accepted professional commissions from the beauty industry. Clients had included Revlon and L’Oreal.