Viewers may find it surprising that these supremely masculine images of men in action are the work of a young woman artist. The torero in the sunlight, the boxer with his torn face in the ring, the fisherman alone on the sea?these fighting men possess a Hemingwayesque quality of solitary courage. But Giorgia Fiorio's startling photographs are more than a mere glorification of male ideals. They are the result of the artist's ten-year search for ...

"...Ein stark ausgeprägter Sinn für Komposition und Kadrierung, der den Bildern eine unvergleichliche Intensität verleiht, führt Andreas oft in den Grenzbereich zwischen Kunst und Erotik. Im Widerspruch zu seiner ausserordentlichen Begabung steht ein bisweilen (zu) kritisches Hinterfragen seiner Leistungen. Ich ziehe ihn immer damit auf. Denn es sind gerade diese Unsicherheiten, die ihn zu immer neuen Höchstleistungen getrieben haben. Sie setzen ...

Dan Eldon lived more in twenty-two years than most people do in eighty. He traveled through four continents, led expeditions across Africa, wrote a book, worked as a graphic designer in New York, made a film, and became a respected photojournalist - all before his sudden, violent death in Somalia. This is no ordinary diary; it is an astonishing collage of photographs, drawings, words, maps, clippings, paints, scraps, shards, and trash that ...

Between the years 1955-1965 Magnum photographer Rene Burri spent much time with Le Corbusier, photographing him in the most diverse situations.Always chasing that special moment when everything is just right, Burri has captured moments in Le CorbusierŽs private and professional life which provide fascinating insight into the man behind the public figure. These beautiful photographs are an outstanding document of value for art and ...

A Class Apart The Private Pictures of Montague Glover James Gardiner Montague Glover was an architect, an army officer, a talented amateur photographer and a homosexual. When he died in 1983, he left behind thousands of photographs. James Gardiner's selection of Glover's photographs is a unique document of the life of gay men in England in the period from 1920 to 1950.
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Beneath the world's waters lie landscapes, species, vegetations and populations as diverse and splendid as those on land, yet these kingdoms have been explored by few. Water Light Time is an extraordinary look at the work of David Doubilet, a pioneering artist and diver who is widely acclaimed as the world's leading underwater photographer. From the shores of the Galapagos to the Red Sea, from the Pacific Ocean to the fresh waters of North ...

Presented in an innovative and original circular binding, The Order of Things is a collection of new and unseen work from photographer Norbert Schoerner, commissioned exclusively for Phaidon Press. Incorporating images from Japan and London, alongside a series of portraits and personal photographic stories, it is a book that transforms itself into a surrealist style game without beginning or end. The book is bound so that the pages fan out into ...

The work of Canadian artist Jeff Wall has established photography at the forefront of contemporary art. He deploys state-of-the-art film and computer technology while invoking the composition, scale and subject matter of painters such as Velazquez, Goya and Manet. His giant transparencies are mounted on light boxes, combining the seductive glow of the cinema screen with the physical presence of minimalist sculpture. Wall's carefully composed ...

This is a photographic exploration of the hidden and often abandoned infrastructure of New York City. 53 photos. ...

Bruggemann captures the model's charm in Passion with sensuous photographs of Sylvie Blum and twenty-five other models. Passion is romantic, provocative and has a unique aura providing a truly special pleasure. ...