Pulp Art

Normally, I abhor the idea of damaging a book in the name of art, but for photographer Thomas Allen I can make an exception.

Allen creates dramatic pop-up diorama’s out the cover art from pulp paperbacks.  After carefully composing the cut-out figures into cinematic scenarios, he photographs them.   By deploying a shallow depth of field and noir like lighting, Allen brings gives these worn paperbacks an entirely new life.  Yet never for a moment does he forget their pulp roots, creating a world of tough dames and gin swilling brawlers.