Paul outerbridge

Outerbridge, Paul

ISBN 10: 3836564564 / ISBN 13: 9783836564564

Published by TASCHEN, 2017

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Tanto en sus suntuosas imágenes publicitarias como en sus desnudos de tonos suaves, Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) fue un alquimista del deseo. El color era esencial para su estética, y utilizó el complejo proceso carbro-tricromático para crear una superficie seductora de texturas y tonos. Su objetivo era crear "paraísos artificiales", formas perfectas con un toque surrealista. Esta concisa monografía presenta la estética única de Outerbridge y su trayectoria artística y comercial, desde su apogeo profesional como el fotógrafo comercial mejor pagado de nueva york hasta su retiro a Hollywood en la década de 1940 tras un escándalo en torno a su fotografía erótica. Con ejemplos clave de su obra, el libro analiza el estilo innovador de Outerbridge a través de imágenes cubistas de naturaleza muerta, fotografías para revistas y sus controvertidos desnudos, así como su interacción con otros fotógrafos vanguardistas de la talla de Alfred Stieglitz, Paul strand y man ray. En esta retrospectiva reconocemos también la capacidad de Outerbridge para transformar objetos cotidianos en composiciones casi abstractas y su papel pionero en explotar el potencial expresionista, y comercial, de la fotografía en color. 21 x 27,5 cm. Edición trilingüe inglés, francés, alemán.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paul outerbridge
• Publisher: TASCHEN
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: Multiple languages
• ISBN 10: 3836564564
• ISBN 13: 9783836564564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Nuevo
• Seller catalogs:
  • FOTOGRAFIA

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Synopsis

<p>Whether in his sumptuous images for advertising or his soft-hued nudes, Paul Outerbridge (1896–1958) was an alchemist of desire. Color was integral to his aesthetic allure, embracing the complex tri-color-carbro process to create a seductive surface of texture and tone. His quest was for “artificial paradises”—a perfection of form, with a surreal edge.</p><p>This concise monograph introduces Outerbridge’s unique aesthetic and its commercial and artistic trajectory, from his professional peak as New York’s highest-paid commercial photographer through to his retreat to Hollywood in the 1940s after a scandal over his erotic photography. With key examples from his oeuvre, the book explores Outerbridge’s innovative style through Cubist still life images, magazine photographs, and his controversial nudes, as well as his interaction with other avant-garde photographers, such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, and Man Ray. Along the way, we recognize Outerbridge’s particular ability to transform everyday objects into a quasi-abstract composition and his pioneering role in championing the expressionistic, as much as commercial, potential of color photographs.</p>

About the Authors

Carol McCusker is Curator of Photography at the University of Florida’s Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida. She is former Curator of Photography the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

Elaine Dines-Cox is an independent art museum curator living in San Francisco. Her 1981 monograph on Paul Outerbridge was the first published catalogue raisonné on an art photographer.

Manfred Heiting is an internationally acknowledged designer, curator, and expert on and collector of photographs and photobooks; he lives in Malibu and Brussels. He is a founding member of the J. Paul Getty Museum Council and since 2016 UCLA Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities. He is editor and designer of Deutschland im Fotobuch, The Soviet Photobook, and The Japanese Photobook and co-editor and designer of Autopsie: Deutschsprachige Fotobücher 1918–1945.