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Joseph Corsentino

Joseph Corsentino

About

Joseph Corsentino is a visual storyteller at heart.  Hetook his passion for photography and storytelling to Los Angeles where began Timeof the Faeries, a photographic, epic, retelling of faerie mythology. His stunning, ethereal, and realistic faeries can now be seen in privatecollections and magazines all over the world.  His first book, publishedby Imaginosis Publishing, is a prologue into the Time of the Faeriesuniverse.  He just completed the first of his “visual novel” for theseries The Afterlight.  See his work at www.timeofthefaeries.com andfacebook.com/timeofthefaeries.

Size Zero (Visage Book 1)

Size Zero (Visage Book 1)

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>&quot;A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style.&quot;</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';">“Love Afterlight!<span>  </span>Every image is amazing.” – Rhonda Nolan, Facebook</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><br /></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;">“Having been a fan of J. Corsentino for several years, I knew the photographs would be visually stunning. What I did not count on was the story being so engrossing. His vision of a dystopian world is unique and</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> engaging.” - Karen Mercer, Amazon.com</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;">“Well, it blew me away how wonderful it turned out to be! Great storyline and plot points and gorgeously re-mastered photographs left a taste of blood for more.” – Wildcat, Amazon.com</span></span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;">“I found myself jumping from the words to the fantastic images, going back and forth through the pages like a hungry wolf wanting more; and yet in the end...I smiled with a certain pleasure you only get when you’re fed the very soul of the pages within. It is an amazing and fantastical journey you will truly enjoy!”</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;">- Rhonda R. Napoleon,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;background:#ffffff;">Beyond Fantasy Magazine</span></span></p><p></p>