The Book of Shadows - Hardcover

Jeffrey Fraenkel : The Book of Shadows.

ill. Hardcoverbound. 1st ed. A meditation on the nature of photography itself, The Book of Shadows is a collection of 88 anonymous photographs spanning the twentieth century, all of which share a common mistake--the photographer`s shadow falling into the image. Selected by gallerist Jeffrey Fraenkel from his personal collection of more than 2000, these images represent, in Fraenkel`s words, the most tenacious, peculiar, and downright sublime of the crop. The shadows frequently convey striking aspects of their maker`s personalities, and tell us more than might be expected about the person behind the camera. But as Fraenkel writes in the book`s introduction, the shadow`s most striking feature is that it tips us off and confirms the photographer was there, a reality not generally evident in photographs. We take for granted photographs were made by someone, a person with a reason for making the picture, but that observer--who by extension is also us--is rarely acknowledged so overtly in the pictures themselves. This book itself is a work of art. Bound between suede covers, and exquisitely printed by the master craftsmen at Trifolio in Verona, Italy, The Book of Shadows is a reminder, even in a digital age, that the power and mystery of photographic depiction still evades any attempt to describe it. (Sehr gut erhalten! / in very good condition) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100. Artikel-Nr. 410233

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