focal press 1972 (3 Ergebnisse)

4th impression. Small 4to. 178pp. + adverts. B/w. illustrations from photographs. Original boards, dampstained to tail edges. Slightly rubbed pictorial d/w. with red spine lettered in black and white. ISBN 0240449711 US$13.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. No notes or highlighting. Cover has wear. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> More often than not the technical tool and its fleshly subject matter seem to conspire to reveal through the lens a great deal less or a great deal more than an artist's dreams. The world to-day possesses probably thousands of outstanding photo- graphers, but only very few who succeeded in taking images of the Nude that would convey any but a superficial significance. If good photographers of the Nude are rare, books that endeav- our to present more than a very personal facet of the subject are even more so. At any rate, this is the first book for many years in which an author has assembled work of 40 notable photographers of the Nude from 10 countries, and presents them side by side with the best of his own. These 109 plates make a unique collection for yet another reason. They were chosen from prints that span more than thirty years and because of that, reflect many kinds of style and tech- nique. The wide range of these styles and techniques is an eloquent witness how intensely photograp.

2. ed., 3. imprint. Gr. 8°. XVI, 565 S. mit zahlr. Abb. OLn mit OUmschl. gutes Ex. Sprache: englisch.