Descrizione

Catalogo della mostra itinerante tenutasi presso: Ottawa 1990-1991, New York 1991, San Francisco 1991, Vancouver 1991, Boston 1991, Colonia 1992. A cura di Thomas Ann. Testo di Thomas Ann. 325 fotografie in bianco e nero di Lisette Model. Bibliografia, Biografia, Catalogo delle opere esposte . 4to (cm 30 x 23). pp. 362. . Molto buono (Very Good). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . “One question concerned the possibility of undertaking a major Lisette Model retrospective. This led me to examine the entire archive, including many images that had not benn put before the public eye, and consequently to discover a depth and breadth in her vision that made a more profound exploration pf her art and life seem to be a necessity. In producing an exhibition and a book that draw heavily from the raw contents of the archive (photographic prints, negatives, teaching notebooks and correspondance), I have aimed to present a fuller and more accurate picture of her accomplishments as a photographer and teacher than has so far been made, and to provide a glimpse into a life lived with passion, commitment, and humor, but marked more deeply by pain than she would have led anyone to believe".  (Thomas Ann).The 325 duotone illustrations include both her well-known work from the Promenade des Anglais and Lower East Side series, and numerous images - of the blind, the aged, of animals, jazz singers, herself - which appear here for the first time. Author Ann Thomas draws extensively from never-before-published material from the Model archives, held at the National Gallery of Canada. These include correspondence, interviews, writings, and notebooks from a career that spanned fifty years of work in Europe and America.