KISS, Marina Bobo

“The idea is to further explore the intricacies of passion. The sugar-coated conception of passion is biased. It must be stripped of that pasteurised coating that envelops it in the eyes of much of the public opinion. As if passion were all good, beautiful and naïve, when in reality it is somewhat of a prison for those who have it, one that can lead them to some very dark places.”

Building on this reflection by writer and historian Eduardo Sacheri on the role of passion in the lives of football players, in KISS, photographer Marina Bobo Marco makes use of the kissing gesture as an element of passion in order to question the concept of passion in all areas.

Through 77 archival images—since 77 is the average number of crimes involving emotional ties committed every hour worldwide, according to the author's estimates—the book shows how passion can transform and degenerate in the same way that our perception of these images changes once we learn the stories surrounding their protagonists. Thus, the book presents one hour of passion reified into images.

Addressing this transformation of passion also means addressing the elements that corrupt it. In KISS, the headlines accompanying the images reveal highly controversial sociological and cultural issues, both historically and to this day: gender violence, motherhood, religion, money, the power of the media to influence public opinion, and the toxicity of social networks.

Published by La Kursala / Dalpine
Softcover
312 pages
120 x 160 mm
ISBN 9788409600618