150 pages Edited by Cheyco Leidmann Photographs by Cheyco Leidmann Designed by 33 x 28 cm Language: English Hardback with dust jacket Publisher: Octobus 1992
Now a cult classic, Silicon by Cheyco Leidmann is a delirious visual dive into the synthetic aesthetics of the decade. With hyper-saturated colors, glossy surfaces, and a surreal eroticism, Leidmann captures the artificial fantasies and plastic dreams of a postmodern world obsessed with appearance and spectacle.
Shot like a fever dream, Silicon pushes the boundaries of photography into a space where fashion, fetish, pop culture, and body politics collide. Neon lights reflect off latex, mannequins come to life, and the human figure becomes both icon and object.
Often imitated, never equaled, Leidmann’s work foreshadowed the digital age’s obsession with the hyperreal — long before Instagram filters and AI avatars. Silicon remains a landmark in visual culture: playful, provocative, and unapologetically glossy.
A must-have for fans of 80s aesthetics, radical photography, and visual excess.
