With Child
Published on 16. November 2011
Book
Hardback
175 pages
978-0-9823799-3-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the brief months of a woman's pregnancy, the female form takes on a shape that has, for centuries, been a subject of artistic study. Acclaimed photographer Howard Schatz has captured the biologic sculpture of the pregnant body with his eighteenth book, 'With Child'. In her introduction to this monograph, renowned photography critic Vicki Goldberg writes, 'In Schatz's studio, all subjects are transformed: one to alabaster; one to marble; another to bronze; one to an Arp; another to a dark etching, and still another to a fantastic zebra-like sculpture'. These images go beyond a particular stage of the body's life into an exploration, and a conversion, of forms, at times verging on abstraction. They serve as points of departure: what can the pregnant body be while it remains itself? Photography from a master of human form.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 368 mm
Width: 292 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
2472 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9823799-3-6 (9780982379936)
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Howard Schatz is a master of the human form. 'With Child' is his eighteenth book, the result of almost twenty years of photographing the stunning landscape of a woman's body in the last two weeks of pregnancy. During the course of those twenty years, his intense focus on the study of structure, contour and physique has also resulted in four remarkable monographs illustrating the body's power, rhythm, motion, beauty and shape: 'Athlete, Passion & Line, Nude Body Nude', and 'Body Knots'. Schatz is also known internationally for his unique imagery of dancers underwater. 'H2O', Schatz's seventeenth book of photographs, was the third in his series of explorations of imagery made on, over and underwater. This monograph, along with 'Water Dance' and 'Pool Light', showcases Schatz's breath-taking underwater photography and his visionary celebration of movement and form. Vicki Goldberg is one of the leading voices in the field of photography criticism, and is regularly featured in such national publications as The New York Times. She is the author of numerous books, including the classic 'Light Matters' (Aperture, 2005). In 1997, she received the International Center of Photography's prestigious Infinity Award. She lives in Waterville Valley, NH and New York City.