232-page exhibition monograph and catalog published by HarperCollins to accompany a major traveling retrospective originating in 1991
infusing the conceptual exercise with an underlying sense of humor and performance
and various global folk proverbs
the monograph highlights how Strand effectively transformed the camera into an instrument of both pure artistic modernism and profound social conscience
Horst: His Work and His World by Valentine Lawford. Untitled (Friends of Photography) 232-page exhibition monograph and catalogKnopf, 1984. First edition, hardcover with very good, slightly edge worn, protected dust jacket and red remainder mark at bottom of text block. Internally fine, sound binding. 396 pages, 299 photographs. Major biography of Horst, with extensive quotes by Horst, known primarily for his photography for Vogue and other major magazines. Includes many photos of motion picture, fashion, literary, fine art, and political celebrities, and top fashion models.