We've talked about Alexandre Orion when he released his first book about his concept of Metabiotics — interaction between his street paintings and the photographs taken of them. A year and a half later the Wooster Special Edition project is releasing a new book, giving Alexandre the attention and space to define his artistic vision, and also display his work on both the street and in galleries. Aside from being a beautifully designed book, it comes with a hand cut stencil, so you can spend your summer outside tagging buildings in promotion of Orion. Copies of the book and stencil are limited to 200 … that means hurry.

The origin of the word ‘Metabolics’ comes from the word Metabiosis, meaning intermediary symbiosis: a more indirect dependency in which the second organism uses something the first created, however after the death of the first. Alexandre Orion’s work ingeniously captures the Metabiosis between Sao Paulo, Brazil street paintings and the photographs Orion captures in his Metabolics Project. We had a chance to see some of Alexandre’s work at the Photo Maimi fair last weekend, and it stood out as something truly special– a photojournalistic register that encapsulates ‘the endless duel between photograph and painting, that in the information era, makes us think of how fragile images are.’ Alexandre’s work can be found at the Foley Gallery, and you can also purchase the Metabolics book from his website, which has 80 pages, 12 x 12 inches, of Alexandre’s work.