The White Iris, after Edward Weston, 2012; The Daybooks of Edward Weston: Volume 1, Mexico, 1973

Vik Muniz’s White Iris was created in conjunction with Aperture’s sixtieth anniversary as part of Aperture Remix, a project in which a select group of contemporary photographers paid artistic homage to an Aperture publication that inspired their work. Muniz’s selection—The Daybooks of Edward Weston: Volume 1, Mexico—accompanies his print, presented in a decorative vitrine. In keeping with his practice, Muniz has torn and arranged selected fragments from the book to employ as raw materials in creating a unique appropriation of the original Weston White Iris image.