SUFFERING THE IDEAL von F. HOLLAND DAY
Art.Nr.: 18581
Hersteller: Twin Palms / Twelvetree Publ.
EUR 59,90
inkl. 7 % USt

Produktbeschreibung

>> Twin Palms Publishers , Santa Fe, NM 1995
With an essay by James Crump
Hardcover (Leinen) mit Schutzumschlag, 28 x 36 cm, 96 Photos (Farbe), 114 Seiten
Texte in englischer Sprache
Verlagstext:
The short-lived career of nineteenth-century photographer F. Holland Day is the basis for this important historical monograph. Though he is perhaps best known for his controversial "sacred subjects" in which he posed himself as Jesus Christ, Day quickly moved to the forefront of American photography with his portraiture and his later mythological series. Day was probably the first great photographer of the male nude. A friend of Oscar Wilde and an early proponent of gay rights, women's rights, and racial equality, scandal surrounded him and caused his marginalization.
Erlkoenig sagt:
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) gilt heute als einer der wichtigsten Vorreiter der künstlerischen Photographie. Er begann 1886 zu photographieren. Zu (umstrittener) Bekanntheit kam er durch religiöse Motive (Selbstportrait als Jesus mit Dornenkrone), Schwerpunkt seiner Arbeiten waren jedoch immer homoerotische Motive junger Männer und Jünglinge...