Michael Koetzle Libri

La storia della fotografia di nudo è la storia delle persone che si sono fatte affascinare da questo soggetto. Infatti, la rappresentazione fotografica del corpo umano è l&'unico soggetto che ha ammaliato fotografi, teorici e pubblico per un periodo di tempo così lungo - oltre 150 anni. Nessun altro motivo è così diffuso durante tutte le fasi di sviluppo che formano la storia della fotografia, nessun altro è così presente, indipendentemente dalla tecnica, ed è oggetto di tante discussioni nel contesto di quasi tutti i movimenti estetici. Nessun altro tipo di soggetto ha prodotto una tale varietà di specialità: dall&'interpretazione etnologica del corpo agli scatti di moda, fino alle pin-up di oggi. Nessun altro campo di applicazione della fotografia ha ispirato tanto desiderio, suscitando la collera ufficiale. 1000 Nudes offre una sezione trasversale della storia della fotografia di nudo, spaziando dai primissimi dagherrotipi e dalle prime fotografie etnografiche di nudi fino alla fotografia sperimentale. L&'opera copre un periodo di tempo che spazia dal 1839 fino a circa il 1939, dagli albori di questo mezzo alla fine del classico periodo modernista. Tutte le immagini sono tratte dalla collezione di Uwe Scheid, che era uno dei più importanti collezionisti al mondo di fotografia erotica.

This comprehensive volume celebrates the Leica camera's centenary, exploring its cultural and artistic history from the 1920s to today. Featuring around 800 photographs and essays by international authors, it examines Leica's technical evolution, impact on modern photojournalism, and significance in various avant-garde movements.

René Burri, renowned for his striking images of Che Guevara, is celebrated as one of the greatest humanist photographers. This career retrospective showcases over 400 duotone photographs, many of which are previously unpublished, highlighting his remarkable and adventurous body of work. The collection offers a unique glimpse into Burri's artistic vision and the profound stories behind his iconic imagery.

László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946), Maler, Fotograf, Bauhauslehrer und Gründer des »New Bauhaus« und der »School of Design« in Chicago war einer der ersten multimedial wirkenden Künstler, der Malerei, Skulptur, Fotografie, Film und Design als gleichwertige Kunstgattungen ausübte. Als einer der wichtigsten Protagonisten der Moderne setzte er mit seinen Werken Maßstäbe, die bis in die heutige Zeit reichen. Von Walter Gropius 1923 als Nachfolger von Johannes Itten an das Bauhaus in Weimar berufen, zog László Moholy-Nagy mit diesem nach Dessau um, bevor er 1933 Nazi-Deutschland verließ und schließlich 1937 in Chicago seine zweite Heimat fand. Sowohl als Lehrer als auch Künstler folgte er seiner revolutionären Vision, die künstlerische Tätigkeit in das alltägliche Leben einfließen zu lassen und damit Kunst und Leben zu vereinen. Seinem radikalen experimentellen Ansatz folgend, keine ästhetische Hierarchie in seinen Arbeiten zuzulassen, bewegte sich Moholy-Nagy souverän zwischen Malerei, Fotografie und Film und definierte sich gleichzeitig als Maler und als Fotograf. Für die Wertschätzung der Fotografie, die als neues Medium bis dahin noch nicht als Kunst angesehen wurde, lieferte er einen wesentlichen Beitrag. Der Band schenkt einen hervorragenden Einblick in das Leben und Werk des Avantgardekünstlers.

This book presents 20 photographs from some 170 years, all arranged in chronological order. It is a key image from the history of the medium - images that have pushed photography forward in terms of either its technology, aesthetics or social relevance.

At the turn of the century the cigarette was both symbolic of emancipation and evocative of female eroticism. The photographs in this collection illustrate the piquant fascination of that blue-grey haze.

The most important landmarks in the history of photography are placed under the microscope in this collection. Each chapter of this special edition focuses on a single image which is described and analyzed in detail in aesthetic, historical, and artistic contexts.

Discover the most influential photographers of the last century and their finest monographs. Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopedia covers the earliest representatives of classical Modernism right up to the present day, complete with book and magazines fascimiles.

Volume 2 explores works such as Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother (1936) and Robert Doisneau's Kiss in front of City hall (1950), up through Martin parr's 'new European photography.'

The stories behind history's most extraordinary photographs (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Photographs have a strange and powerful way of shaping the way we see the world and influencing our perceptions of reality. To demonstrate the unique and profound influence on culture and society that photographs have, Photo Icons puts the most important landmarks in the history of photography under the microscope. Each chapter of this special edition focuses on a single image which is described and analyzed in detail, in aesthetic, historical, and artistic contexts. The book begins with the very first permanent images (Nic'phore Ni'pce's 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop picture and Louis Daguerre's famous 1839 street scene) and takes the reader up through the present day, via the avant-garde photography of the 1920s and works such as Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother (1936), Robert Doisneau's Kiss in Front of City Hall (1950), and Martin Parr's 'New European photography.'