David Lynch Books in Order
The David Lynch series showcases the filmmaker's visual art, featuring contributions from Patti Smith and other collaborators.
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David Lynch books in publication order
19 books
The Focalguide to Colour
by David Lynch
1976
Indoor Photography
by David Lynch
1983
Art Of Dune
by David Lynch
1985
Images
by David Lynch
1994
This illustrated collection surveys David Lynch's filmmaking alongside the photographs and artwork he makes beyond the screen. Images of industrial landscapes, everyday objects, and unusual subjects reveal recurring interests linking his private artistic practice with his films.
Lost Highway
by David Lynch
1997
David Lynch and Barry Gifford's screenplay follows condemned prisoner Fred Madison, who inexplicably disappears from his cell. A bewildered young man appears in his place, opening a mystery in which identity, memory, and reality become unstable.
Lynch on Lynch
by David Lynch
1997
Chris Rodley's interviews invite David Lynch to discuss his life, artistic influences, and filmmaking. The collection follows his career from early experiments through major films, illuminating the personal vision behind their unsettling images and unusual narratives.
The prints of David Lynch
by David Lynch
2000
This monograph reproduces the monotypes, editioned prints, and photogravures David Lynch made during three visits to Tandem Press. An accompanying interview with Kristine McKenna places these images alongside the artist's reflections on his work.
Catching the Big Fish
by David Lynch
2006
David Lynch reflects on creativity, filmmaking, and his practice of Transcendental Meditation in a series of short personal essays. He describes how ideas develop and explains the relationship he sees between inner experience and artistic work.
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David Lynch: Snowmen
by David Lynch
2007
David Lynch photographs snowmen in black and white as they melt outside suburban homes. Published alongside his Fondation Cartier exhibition, this collection focuses on the strange shapes and uneasy atmosphere of these temporary winter sculptures.
David Lynch: The Air is on Fire
by David Lynch
2007
Created for the Fondation Cartier exhibition, this volume surveys David Lynch's visual artwork dating back to 1965. Paintings, drawings, and photographs reveal a continuing artistic practice that accompanies his filmmaking and extends into other forms of expression.
Snowmen
by David Lynch
2007
Photographs taken by David Lynch in Idaho during the early 1990s portray snowmen outside suburban houses. This small collection examines their changing forms in black and white, finding unexpected strangeness in familiar seasonal creations.
Dark Night of the Soul
by David Lynch
2010
David Lynch's photographs accompany the musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse in this limited-edition art book. The collection combines his unsettling imagery with a foreword and selected lyrics, extending the project's atmosphere into a visual form.
David Lynch: Dark Splendor
by David Lynch
2010
This collection surveys David Lynch's paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs, tracing connections between his visual art and filmmaking. Matchbook sketches, industrial scenes, and cryptic inscriptions reveal his recurring interests in unsettling spaces and dark humor.
David Lynch: Works on Paper
by David Lynch
2010
More than five hundred drawings trace David Lynch's artistic practice from the 1960s onward. Sketches, watercolors, and informal drawings on materials including napkins and notes offer a view of the images that feed his creative work.
Genealogies of Pain
by David Lynch
2011
Thirty paintings by Marilyn Manson appear alongside stills from four early experimental films by David Lynch. Essays and an interview explore artistic techniques and the shared attention to bodily unease, disturbing imagery, and psychological trauma.
David Lynch: Naming
by David Lynch
2014
This art collection examines how David Lynch uses names to alter the meaning and personality of objects. Brett Littman's text follows that theme through films, photographs, drawings, paintings, and prints, including the repeated images of the Ricky Board series.
David Lynch: The Factory Photographs
by David Lynch
2014
David Lynch's black-and-white photographs explore factories in Europe and America, inside and out. Decaying walls, empty passages, and industrial remnants reveal the atmosphere of abandoned manufacturing spaces and their relationship to the visual world of his films.
David Lynch: Nudes
by David Lynch
2017
This collection presents more than 120 photographs of feminine nudes by David Lynch in black and white and color. Published by the Fondation Cartier, it extends the filmmaker's visual practice through studies of the human body.
Room to Dream
by David Lynch
2018
David Lynch's personal recollections alternate with biographical chapters by Kristine McKenna, drawing on interviews with family, friends, and collaborators. Together they explore his private life, creative development, and the struggles involved in realizing unconventional artistic projects.
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