Speaking With Hands: Photographs From The Buhl Collection артикул 1879a.
Speaking With Hands: Photographs From The Buhl Collection артикул 1879a.

In October 1993, Henry M Buhl purchased Alfred Stieglitz's photograph of Georgia O'Keeffe's hands This photograph became the cornerstone of his private collection that now includes over 1,000 images by the medium's foremost practioners, as well as little-known and emerging artists From a photogenic drawing negative made in 1840 by William овазь Henry Fox Talbot to serial Polaroids made in 2002 by Cornelia Parker, the collection encompasses a wide range of photographic practices--scientific, journalistic, and fine art photography--with a strong component of contemporary art Published on the occasion of a major exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, these beautiful and poetic reproductions demonstrate the prevalence of the hand as a photographic theme; a result of photography's easy ability to capture fragments, details, and ephemeral movement The images are discussed through topical texts: why hands are a unique theme (Jennifer Blessing), the prevalence of hands in Surrealist photogrpahs and prose (Kirsten A Hoving), and the uncanny aspects of hands in contemporary art that uses photography (Ralph Rugoff) Containing work from 150 artists, this catalogue is both a visually stunning and haunting object, and a handy resource for the study of photography Essays by Jennifer Blessing, Kirsten Hoving and Ralph Rugoff Paperback, 10 x 12 in /264 pgs / 250 color.  Эта книга2005 г Мягкая обложка, 263 стр ISBN 0892073020.