Shoot the Arrow is a collection of Amy Touchette's intimate black-and-white photographs of the onstage and offstage life of celebrated New York City burlesque dancer The World Famous *BOB*. A central figure in today's "neo-burlesque" movement, the self-described "female-female impersonator" is known for her over-the-top blonde bombshell image. Touchette used 24-hour photo sessions and exclusive access to The World Famous *BOB*'s private life to produce a deep, unique, and moving photographic biography of a woman pursuing dreams of glamour and fame. Photographed strictly on 35mm film, Touchette's pictures of The World Famous *BOB* on stage, backstage, in her daily life, and during private moments at home, are rich and beautifully real. Also containing the words of The World Famous *BOB* -- plain-spoken words that appear on the page as purely extracted un-distracted and un-distracting prose -- giving account of her evolution from an isolated farm girl in the California Valley to a performer in New York City's burlesque revival, Shoot the Arrow is an unusually penetrating and authentic portrait of contemporary life.
SHOOT THE ARROW: A PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD FAMOUS *BOB*
AMY TOUCHETTE
Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* (Un-Gyve Press, Boston, 2013) photographs by Amy Touchette with words by The World Famous *BOB*. Shoot the Arrow is a 137 page cloth bound hardback book with 112 plates. ISBN: 978-0-9829198-4-2.
PRESS COVERAGE
Amy Touchette | “Interview with Amy Touchette,” The Creative Independent
Amy Touchette | “Shoot the Arrow,” GUP Magazine
Amy Touchette | “Embracing the Spontaneity of Instagram,” The New York Times
Amy Touchette | “Jennifer McClure and Amy Touchette,” The LPV Show
Amy Touchette | “Eight-Day Week,” New York Observer
Amy Touchette | “*BOB* and Amy Touchette,” Time Out New York
Amy Touchette | “A life story you won’t be able to take your eyes off,” Bant Magazine
Amy Touchette | “Burlesque: The World Famous *BOB* and life beyond the stage,” Huffington Post/Italy
Amy Touchette | “Bust’s Best Bets,” Bust Magazine
Amy Touchette | “How One World-Famous Burlesque Dancer Defied Definitions,” Huffington Post
Amy Touchette | “The life of a New York burlesque dancer laid bare,” Daily Mail
Amy Touchette | “The Life of a New York City Burlesque Dancer,” PDN
Amy Touchette | “On Being Photographed,” Hairpin
Amy Touchette | “Marilyn Wannabee,” The New York Photo Review
Amy Touchette | “Making an Honest Woman of Herself: The Story of The World Famous *BOB*,” The Literate Lens
Amy Touchette | “Shoot The Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* by Amy Touchette,” Musée Magazine
Amy Touchette | “Book Launch and Exhibition,” The Sacramento Bee
Amy Touchette | “Getting Intimate With a Captivating Burlesque Performer,” Slate
Amy Touchette | “Borrowed,” Paper Journal
Amy Touchette | “Shoot the Arrow,” Transgressor Magazine
BLOG POSTS
Amy Touchette’s work is featured in Warsaw
Amy Touchette and The World Famous *BOB* in conversation at the Strand Book Store
Amy Touchette is taking over Transgressor Magazine‘s Instagram account through July 2nd