Hans Christian Adam Libri

Discover the soul of American history. In thousands of breathtaking images, 19th-century photographer Edward S. Curtis’s unrivaled documentation of Native Americans creates a unique record of a long-lost era and the precious heritage of American indigenous culture.

Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) achieved overnight fame in the late 1920s with the first publication of his photographs of plants. Those photographs, which revealed the inner structures of the organic forms, immediately made him a pioneer of New Objectivity - an innovative movement in art and photography of the 1920s and 1930s. Blossfeldt, however, was neither a trained photographer nor a botanist. He was a sculptor and art professor who did his photographic work to generate teaching material for his students. The publication of this book is the result of an extraordinary event - the 1997 discovery in Blossfeldt's estate of 61 previously unknown collages, in virtually mint condition, of photographic contact prints arranged on large cardboard sheets. Blossfeldt apparently used these to study the relation and similarity of the photographs and to compare them graphically and aesthetically. On some Blossfeldt had made marks or handwritten notations. Others show lines for cropping. The collages, published here, unveil a hidden treasure of modern photography and cast fresh light on the systematic approach Blossfeldt used in his photographic studies. All collages are reproduced in four colours. Introducing the book is an essay by Swiss art historian Ulrike Meyer-Stump, a contributing curator to the exhibitions at the Kunsthaus in Zurich

Unraveling the mystery of Eugene Atget's life and work (1857-1927) is easier said than done. Now considered to be one of history's most important photographers, Atget (1857-1927) was relatively unknown until well after his death. We know that he made his living selling his prints, mainly to architects, artists, and institutions, but his categorical, obsessive method of photographing Paris street by street (doorknob by doorknob in some cases) lacks clear explanation.Atget wrote in 1920, "I may say that I have in my possession all of Old Paris". Indeed, he knew the city like the back of his hand and had the pictures to prove it. He captured the historical, atmospheric Paris: churches, monuments, and buildings, as well as bars, shop windows, street-peddlers, and prostitutes. Traversing all of its layers, he immortalized the true spirit of Old Paris.Why did he choose to spend his life roaming the streets with his heavy camera equipment, systematically cataloguing everything Parisian? The answer, if it can be discovered, must be found in the pictures themselves. Whether he intended to or not, Atget has left us with an impeccable record of turn-of-the-century Paris, not to mention a huge collection of stunningly beautiful photographs. This new book features 200 of Atget's most impressive images, many of which have rarely been seen before. Take a trip back in time and immerse yourself in Atget's Paris.

"English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is a pioneer in visual studies of human and animal locomotion. This book traces the life and work of Muybridge, from his early thinking about anatomy and movement to his latest photographic experiments"--From dust jacket flap.

Berlin hat zwei Weltkriege überstanden, wurde während des Kalten Krieges durch die Mauer geteilt und nach deren Fall wiedervereint: Heute ist die Stadt eines der Kultur- und Machtzentren Europas. Dieses Buch präsentiert die Geschichte Berlins von 1860 bis heute in Fotografien, Porträts und Luftaufnahmen. Mehr noch als historische Ereignisse stehen dabei die Menschen im Fokus: in ihren hoffnungsvollen und entschlossenen Gesichtern spiegelt sich Berlins unsterbliche Seele.Über diese Reihe: Jeder Band aus TASCHENs Piccolo-Reihe Portrait of a City fängt die Vitalität und Geschichte einer berühmten Stadt ein und kondensiert sie zu einer mit 150 Fotos, informativen Bildunterschriften und inspirierenden Zitaten gespickten liebevollen Hommage.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

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