"A revelatory book about the life and work of an important fashion photographer and artist Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969) was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. His work offers a unique perspective on the society and politics of the 1930s through the 60s. Born in Berlin, Blumenfeld’s peripatetic career took him first to Amsterdam and then to Paris, where his work in fashion photography began at Vogue in 1938. ..."
"The publication of Paris marks the first time that the significant body of photographs which Robert Frank made in Paris in the early 1950s have been brought together in a single book. Having left Switzerland in 1924, this 1951 trip to France was only Frank's second return to Europe after he had settled in New York City in 1947, and some of the images he made during that visit have become iconic in the history of the medium. The 80 photo ..."
"Any examination of the history of the photographic portrait uncovers two very different traditions, shaped by the place where they were made - in the street or in the studio. Both are essentially urban. The street has been the place where small and easily concealed cameras allowed photographers to capture subjects unaware or at least in informal settings. In contrast, the studio offered both photographer and subjects the opportunity to ..."
""Hold Still, Keep Going" is the long-awaited reprint of the catalogue to Robert Frank's (born 1924) 2001 exhibition at the Museum Folkwang in Essen. Though the artist is best known for his seminal photobook "The Americans" (1959) and his experimental film "Pull My Daisy" (1959), until this publication, little scholarship existed on the intersection between Frank's work in the disciplines of photography and film."Hold Still, Keep Going" ..."
"Unzufrieden mit der wohlgefälligen Ausrichtung zeitgenössischer Fotografie entwarf Clare Strand eine Reihe von Arbeiten, die sich zugleich subversiv und feierlich mit den Konventionen der Fotografie auseinandersetzen. Dabei bediente sie sich an den Stilmitteln der verschiedensten Genres, vom viktorianischen Porträt, über Tatortfotografie bis zu forensischen Aufnahmen. Das Ergebnis könnte einfach skurril und fremd sein, aber Strand's Bil ..."
"Robert Frank not only ranks among the most important of living photographers but is also widely recognized as a seminal figure in the development of experimental cinema. And yet, the continuity and consistency of his work in both photography and film has been barely explored. "Hold still-keep going" fills this obvious void by illustrating and analyzing the underlying aesthetics that have guided Frank's work in both media. From the very ..."
"A Star is Born traces how stars on both sides of the camera shape the image of musicians and rock bands. Glamour portraits, journalistic documents of live performances and PR materials from record labels form the core of this publication. The book includes photographs by Ron Galella, Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, Richard Avedon, Daniel Kramer, Mick Rock and Jerry Schatzberg, all of them stars behind the camera. They have all made a sig ..."
"Essential for ephemera aficionados, fans of Surrealism and proto-Surrealism and for anyone prone to spending more time in a museum's shop than in its galleries, The Stamp of Fantasy vindicates the postcard as a medium with a history as rich as the mediums it helped to foster, such as photomontage and mail art. In presenting the most fantastical postcard images from the early twentieth century, this book may be the opposite and complemen ..."
"C/O Berlin, Museum Folkwang Essen, Sprengel Museum HannoverGebundenes BuchDies ist die erste ausführliche Darstellung von Geschichte, Einflüssen und Wirkungen der "Werkstatt für Photographie", die 1976 vom Berliner Fotografen Michael Schmidt an der Volkshochschule Kreuzberg gegründet wurde.In jenen Jahren entstanden in Westdeutschland Strukturen, die der Emanzipation der Fotografie als Kunstform den Weg ebnen sollten. Dazu gehörten nebe ..."
"Man beholds in the animal a part of himself and a proxy in his relation to the world; his art portrays them alternately as true friends, tools, dignified beings and monstrous beasts. There are innumerable occasions to photograph animals, for research and as trophies, to document the creatures one has grown fond of or has killed, to arouse emotions or to create a work of art. The Photographed Animal presents images from the medium's begi ..."
Paul Strand(1st Edition) The World On My Doorstep द्वारा Paul Strand, UteEskildsen, Catherine Duncan Hardcover, 146 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2005 द्वारा Aperture ISBN-13: 978-0-89381-545-5, ISBN: 0-89381-545-4
""So, finally, it can be seen that what I have explored all my life is the world on my doorstep. . . .The artist's world is limitless. It can be found everywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away." -Paul Strand "As in all great art, the photographs of Paul Strand transcend their own immediacy, a feat of eloquence that makes their presence enduring." -Mark Haworth-Booth, Victoria and Albert Museum, London From 1950 to 1976 Pau ..."
""Every page is seen by millions of people, so we are responsible for the taste of tomorrow. Our images are the essence itself of the page, and every page needs its proper face, its proper spirit, in order to catch the attention of millions. Else it is nothing else but a piece of paper printed upon." Erwin Blumenfeld Erwin Blumenfeld was one of the most sought-after and best-paid fashion photographers of his time, shooting for Vogue, Har ..."
"- L’œuvre d’Erwin Blumenfeld illustre de façon impressionnante un parcours artistique et son contexte sociopolitique entre la Première et la Seconde Guerre mondiale mais reflète aussi l’incidence de l’émigration sur une vie.Juif allemand, Erwin Blumenfeld naît en 1897 à Berlin mais ne vit que quelques années dans son pays natal. Déserteur, il reste, après la Première Guerre mondiale, dix-sept ans en exil aux Pays-Bas, à Amsterdam, où il ..."
"Inta Ruka is Latvias most renowned photographer and one of the most fascinating names among European imagemakers. This impressive monograph presents for the first time her collected work in a single book, including her three largest projects, which reach back to the 1980s: My Country People, People I Happened to Meet and Amalias Street 5a. Her documentary-anthropological approach has been inspired by August Sander, Walker Evans and Doro ..."
"Located in Essen, Germany, and one of today's leading international art museums, the Museum Folkwang's renowned photography collection was established in 1979 with nearly 3,000 works by Otto Steinert. Steinert is well known for his enigmatic images, which emphasize light and shadow and are quite prescient in their use of now-common conventions like blurring and multiple exposures. He was the founder of the Fotoform movement of postwar G ..."
" "Es gibt keinen 'entscheidenden Augenblick'. Man muss ihn schaffen. Ich muss das Nötige tun, damit er in meinem Sucher erscheint", äußert sich Robert Frank in seinem 1969 entstandenen Film Conversation in Vermont. Seit Beginn der 1940er-Jahre hat der Wahlamerikaner schweizerischer Abstammung Bilder erschaffen: in der Fotografie, später im Film, auf Video und Polaroid. HOLD STILL Keep going zeigt anhand einer hervorragenden Auswahl von ..."
"German photographer Otto Steinert did not see the people of Paris, he saw its structures, rhythms and its subtle plays of light and shadow. The building facades lining Steinert's avenues tell the story of Paris during that era, but his blurred figures and vehicles, moving against such stationery backdrops, look strange and fleetingly intangible. In this volume, a series of multiple exposures and luminograms, which were created at landma ..."
"To Jakob Tuggener (1904-88) the dazzling nights of the balls in the St. Moritz Palace Hotel were among the most beautiful and fascinating events that life could offer. He submerged himself with his Leica in this world of luxury with even more enthusiasm than he had in the factory world that inspired his famous book Fabrik (1943). Usually unnoticed by the illustrious guests, he captured fleeting moments and details, facial expressions an ..."