FACES OF ECSTASY
The culmination of 5 years of research, this stunning 24x30cm coffee-table book will feature 1,200+ images, 26 underworld interviews and countless stories, memories and mysteries from decades of Dutch pill design and production.
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A Visual History of the World’s Most Famous Party Drug
Each page reveals extraordinary details invisible to the naked eye. Alongside the photography are stories from the people who made, sold, tested, collected, researched and consumed these tiny works of art.
The result is part photography book, part cultural history, and part journey into one of the most fascinating underground industries in modern history.
INSIDE THE BOOK
1,200+ Ultra-Macro Photographs
Every scratch, crack, logo, bevel and design detail captured at high resolution.
26 Interviews from the Underworld
Conversations with clandestine chemists, dealers, collectors, researchers, harm-reduction pioneers and even active pill producers making up to a million pills per day.
Stories You'll Only Find Here
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Why one producer chose the IKEA logo for his pills
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How we know exactly which week a famous pill was produced
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How one pill triggers the investigation that brought down the Silk Road.
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What it takes to press millions of pills
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Countless more stories from the depths of this world.
Printed on premium materials and produced by Lecturis, Faces of Ecstasy is a substantial coffee-table volume designed to be displayed, revisited and shared.
Hardcover
24 x 30cm Pages
Premium Materials and Finishing