"At the heart of every obsession is a howl. There is no great accomplishment without it. Who isn't driven? What Nabokov said about art is true of stamp collecting, fans, and every other compulsion: 'It's a relief from the itch of being.' "
SYLVIA PLACHY
Waterbaby, 1988 		 
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"Signs and Relics" is Sylvia Plachy's newest book; it is published by Monacelli Press and includes a foreword by Wim Wenders. The book is due out next month.

All texts and images by Sylvia Plachy.
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