| Andre Kertesz: The Polaroids Contributor(s): Kertész, André (Author), Gurbo, Robert (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393065642 ISBN-13: 9780393065640 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A powerful collection of the luminous last work by one of the true giants of twentieth-century photography. After the death of his wife, Andre Kertesz consoled himself by taking up a new camera, the Polaroid SX70. As with earlier equipment, he mastered the camera and produced a provocative body of work that both honored his wife and lifted him out of depression. Here Kertesz dips into his reserves one last time, tapping new people, ideas, and tools to generate a whole new body of work through which he transforms from a broken man into a youthful artist. Taken in his apartment just north of New York City's Washington Square, many of these photographs were shot either from his window or in the windowsill. We see a fertile mind at work, combining personal objects into striking still lifes set against cityscape backgrounds, reflected and transformed in glass surfaces. Almost entirely unpublished work, these photographs are a testament to the genius of the photographer's eye as manifested in the simple Polaroid. 80 color photographs. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Photography | Individual Photographers - General |
| Dewey: 779.092 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.44" W x 7.38" (0.91 lbs) 128 pages |
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| Publisher Description: After the death of his wife, André Kertész consoled himself by taking up a new camera, the Polaroid SX70. As with earlier equipment, he mastered the camera and produced a provocative body of work that both honored his wife and lifted him out of depression. Here Kertész dips into his reserves one last time, tapping new people, ideas, and tools to generate a whole new body of work through which he transforms from a broken man into a youthful artist. Taken in his apartment just north of New York City's Washington Square, many of these photographs were shot either from his window or in the windowsill. We see a fertile mind at work, combining personal objects into striking still lifes set against cityscape backgrounds, reflected and transformed in glass surfaces. Almost entirely unpublished work, these photographs are a testament to the genius of the photographer's eye as manifested in the simple Polaroid. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kertesz, Andre: - André Kertész (1894-1985) was one of the most inventive, influential, and prolific photographers in the medium's history.Gurbo, Robert: - Robert Gurbo is the curator of the André Kertész Estate and the author of André Kertész: The Early Years and André Kertész: The Polaroids. He lives in New York City. |