Alessandro Bertolotti's unrivalled collection of books on nudes, amassed over thirty years, allows us to explore the history of photographic creations, from the first academic snapshots all the way up to the most audacious avant-gardists. Organized chronothematically, and accompanied by sociocultural analyses, this work presents over 160 books, from the celebrated to the obscure, and includes all the photographers who made nudes famous: Germaine Krull, Man Ray, Hans Bellmer, Bill Brandt, Araki, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pierre Molinier, Jean Saudek, and Jean-Loup Sieff.Each book is presented with its original cover and a selection of photographs laid out on double-page spreads. With over four hundred reproductions, Books of Nudes is an important reference work for every amateur photographer. Paying tribute to the innovative and often ostentatious layout of these publications, this title is also a must-have for anyone passionate about graphic design.
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Höhe: 289 mm
Breite: 259 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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978-0-8109-9444-7 (9780810994447)
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Born in 1960, Alessandro Bertolotti has worked as a producer of variety shows for the Italian television channel Rai for twenty-five years. Passionate about photography, he has published portraits and photographs of female nudes in numerous Italian magazines. He is also the author of two works on Capri, and his photographs are included in the archives of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. He is one of the largest collectors of erotic books and nude photographs in Europe. A large part of his book collection will be exhibited in autumn 2007 at the Maison europeenne de la Photographie in Paris.
