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Herbert Bayer: ‘Lonesome big city dweller’ 1932

Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed by Frederic Chaubin

la photographie du XX siècle $27.97 “defining images of photographic art in this century.” – photo art international united kingdom the photographic collection of the museum ludwig cologne is one of the most important collections of contemporary photography in the world. this book provides a fascinating insight into its rich diversity: conceptual art abstraction reportage – about 200 works works by around 100 of the 20th century’s m…

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Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups (Taschen 25th Anniversary Special Editions) $9.99 Post-depression America was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in theform of Gil Elvgren’s Technicolor fantasies of the American dream. His technique-which earned him a reputation as “The Norman Rockwell of cheesecake”-involved photographing models and then painting them into gorgeous hyper-reality, with l…

Helmut Newton: Sumo $94.50 The biggest, most lavish book production of the 20th century is back! SUMO was a titanic book in every respect: a 480-page tribute to the 20th century’s most influential, intriguing and controversial photographer, breaking records for weight and dimensions. Fifty people worked with Helmut and June Newton for three years to complete a book that weighed 30kg (66lbs). But size wasn’t everything. Cont…