9782080200846-2080200844-Brassai in America

Brassai in America

ISBN-13: 9782080200846
ISBN-10: 2080200844
Edition: First Edition
Author: Brassai
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Flammarion
Format: Hardcover 168 pages
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ISBN-13: 9782080200846
ISBN-10: 2080200844
Edition: First Edition
Author: Brassai
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Flammarion
Format: Hardcover 168 pages

Summary

Brassai in America (ISBN-13: 9782080200846 and ISBN-10: 2080200844), written by authors Brassai, was published by Flammarion in 2011. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Individual Artists books. You can easily purchase or rent Brassai in America (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Individual Artists books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.31.

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A rare discovery of more than 150 previously unpublished photographs in black and white and in color, from a legendary photographer. Despite strong personal and professional ties in the U.S.--Henry Miller, Harper's Bazaar's Carmel Snow, and Edward Steichen, who featured Brassai's work in many MoMA exhibitions--Brassai remained reticent about travel to the U.S. until 1957 when Holiday magazine offered generous compensation (and artistic freedom) to photograph New York and Louisiana.
From the first symbolic image of this voyage--the Statue of Liberty appearing over the ship's prow--Brassai came under the spell of America and his photographs innately captured his new perspective. In New York, he was captivated by the graphic skyscrapers and the rhythmic to-ing and fro-ing of the crowds. Unlike his static photographs of Paris--posing prostitutes, embracing lovers, sleeping street people--here he captured sequences of movement--children playing, fashionable women parading by, or the effects of light filtering through the urban architecture.
In Louisiana, he continued to photograph more languorous sequences, but here he reveled in color--the copper skin of sunbathers, the pastel tones of prom dresses, the vibrant neon of amusement park attractions. The New Orleans music halls, nightlife, women, and exotic vegetation recall scenes from 1930s Paris.
This exuberant study of 1950s America offers the reader unprecedented access to Brassai's work, including previously unpublished color photography.

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