First edition of this iconic photobook, a landmark of bold and super-saturated 1980s style, featuring photographs by Cheyco Leidmann and design by Ypsitylla von Nazareth. Banana Split is a photobook that brings the visually bold and brightly colored imagery of the early 1980s to life. Cheyco Leidmann's photography captures American landscapes, neon lights, and arctic scenes in a hyperrealistic aesthetic, defining the visual vocabulary of the period. Ypsitylla vonNazareth's meticulous design gives the work a coherent graphic-narrative structure. Academically, the book offers a case study in postmodern photographic design: the combination of commercial imagery and artistic exaggeration pushes the boundaries between fine art and commercial photography. The work can be analyzed within the context of 1980s pop aesthetics, media consumption, and the visual influence of mass media on photography, with attention to color psychology, semiotics, and visual culture studies.