Erik Madigan Heck, b. 1983, Excelsior, is an artist working in photography, painting, and film. Heck is the recipient of the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award, the FOAM Fotografiemuseum talent award, the Forbes' 30 under 30 award, and The Art Director's Club Gold Medal for his Old Masters Portfolio published by The New York Times Magazine. In 2019 Heck had solo museum exhibitions at The Musée des Beaux-Art in Le Locle, Switzerland and The Multimedia Arts Museum in Moscow, Russia; public installations at The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Paris Photo, Photo London, and Photo Shanghai; and relaunched Nomenus- a printed journal focusing on the intersection between photography and painting, where he collaborates with an array of artists and institutions. Heck is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Harper's Bazaar amongst others; and is the author of Old Future, published by Thames & Hudson.

A selection of floral & figurative works from the following authors are woven in between the chapters: Anselm Kiefer, Rita Ackermann, Helen Frankenthaler, Gabriel Orozco, Nick Knight, Mircea Suciu, Miranda Lichtenstein, Ida Applebroog, Emily Mason, Christophe Yvoré, Ben Sledsens, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, Brigitte Lustenberger, Alex Foxton, Kaye Donachie, Jesse Willenbring, Aubrey Levinthal, Erik Madigan Heck, and Tomo Campbell.
Chapter One: Floral Femininity- an essay by Annette Stott
Chapter Two: Ophelia's Hands: Photographs by Emel Abdipour
Chapter Three: Selected paintings by Emily Mason & Jesse Willengbring
Chapter Four: Selected Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler & an essay by Kerrie Arsenault
Chapter Five: A portfolio of photographs by Erik Madigan Heck, featuring the work of Rodarte and Van Cleef & Arpels