Anonymous: Enigmatic Images
Published on 24. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-500-28576-3 (ISBN)
Description
Anonymous, published last year to unanimous acclaim and now available in paperback, presents over 200 powerful, poignant and anonymous photographs, meticulously collected by fine arts curator Robert Flynn Johnson. Whether subversive, charming, funny or shocking, each one stands on its own merits, regardless of labels of authorship. Bestselling writer William Boyd contributes a perceptive introduction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
221 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 250 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
1020 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28576-3 (9780500285763)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Robert Flynn Johnson
Anonymous: Enigmatic Images from Unkn
Book
10/2004
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€50.94
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Person
Robert Flynn Johnson is Curator of Prints, Achenbach Foundation, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. He has been an avid collector of anonymous photographs for many years. William Boyd is the much-lauded author of numerous bestselling novels, including a fictional biography, Nat Tate: American Artist, 1928 - 60, which features anonymous photography.
Content
Introductions by Robert Flynn Johnson and William Boyd are followed by ten chapters; 1. Land, Sea and Sky; 2. Beginnings; 3. Creatures; 4. Maturity; 5. Eros; 6. Going Places; 7. Signs and Messages; 8. Bizarre and Beautiful; 9. Still Life and Structure; 10. Endings and Infamy.