Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Imogen Cunningham: Flora by Richard Lorenze ISBN: 0-8212-2731-9 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Choices of Subjects Marred by Poor Printing
Comment: Imogen Cunningham is one of my favorite photographers. So I was very disappointed when I saw the reproduction quality of the 92 duotone plates, 59 black-and-white photographs, and 8 color images. The ink is very heavy and dark on these succulent morsels, and almost all the images look like they are of vegetation from the vicinity of Mount St. Helens just after the eruption.
The book contains Ms. Cunningham's famous image of her husband undressed, so if such things offend you, skip over that page. The image is very small, so you'll hardly notice it unless you are looking hard for it.
The essay by Richard Lorenz is a fine one. It makes up for some of the reproduction problems. He captures the ambiguity of her work nicely in pointing out that the "paradox of expansion via reduction becomes vivid when one looks at the visual aspects of nature." This is the familiar fractal observation. Each level of detail is echoed in the next larger and smaller level of scale.
Stylistically, she "empowered her images by isolating her vegetation." What would be lost in a mass is curiously fresh and clear in solitary study. As a result, "negative space is as critical to the composition as the design elements." In fact, she "paralleled the objectivity of the Germans in her work" more so than any other Western photographer. Like Georgia O'Keeffe, she realized and portrays the erotic expressions in vegetation.
Here are my favorite images from the book (as reproduced here):
At Point Lobos, 1921 (like Weston); Thorn Apple, about 1921; Tree at Donner Pass, 1925 (like Weston); Calla, about 1925 (like an O'Keeffe); Colletta Cruciata 7, 1929; Flowering Cactus, about 1930; Calla with Leaf, about 1930; Blossom of Protea, 1935; Fuscha, 1940; Fireworks Plant, 1965; Araujia, 1953; Hand and Leaf of Voodoo Lily. The notes to each image contain horiticultural information.
Ms. Cunningham was "skeptical of physical beauty." Where does nature agree with her? Where can you gain by retaining skepticism, even as you enjoy beauty?
Don't give up on Ms. Cunningham's work. Just go look at it elsewhere!
Rating: 5
Summary: Imogen's Imagination Floweth Over Again
Comment: The pictures are exquisite, her mind was constantly creating, and of course, her lens was always capturing... Imogen Cunningham has done it again with another magnificent collection of her images of life. A must-have for any Cunningham collector...
 |
Title: Imogen Cunningham by Imogen Cunningham, Manfred Heiting, Richard Lorenz, Taschen ISBN: 3822871826 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: 10 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
 |
Title: Imogen Cunningham: On the Body by Richard Lorenz ISBN: 0821227300 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
 |
Title: Imogen Cunningham: Portraiture by Richard Lorenz ISBN: 0821227327 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
 |
Title: Flowers by Robert Mapplethorpe ISBN: 0821220195 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 20 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
 |
Title: The Creation by Ernst Haas, Ernest Haas ISBN: 0140042849 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
