Philip Trager: Photographing Ina (Hardcover)

Philip Trager

ISBN 10: 3869309776 / ISBN 13: 9783869309774

Published by Steidl Publishers, Gottingen, 2016

About this Item

Hardcover. In Photographing Ina, Philip Trager, renowned for his black-andwhite images, embraces color for the first time. These striking and intimate photographs reveal Trager's sophisticated, complex use of color, presenting an unanticipated and layered reality. The images are as much about the act of photographing, perception, color and light, as they are about his subject, whose presence is a constant and unifying motif. Trager photographed his wife Ina during only two distinct periods of time. This book comprises a selection of photographs from these very different bodies of work which comprise color photographs made between 2006 and 2011, after fifty years together, and blackand- white photographs made after twenty-five years together. These intimate, openly theatrical images - made in concentrated sessions rather than as an ongoing diary - embody an enduring love and shared passion for art. Philip Trager photographed his wife Ina during only two distinct periods of time. This book comprises a selection of photographs from these very different bodies of work which comprise color photographs made between 2006 and 2011, after fifty years together, and black and white photographs made after twenty-five years together. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philip Trager: Photographing Ina (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Steidl Publishers, Gottingen
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3869309776
• ISBN 13: 9783869309774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

In Photographing Ina, Philip Trager (born 1935), renowned for his black-and-white images, embraces color for the first time. His images are as much about the act of photographing, perception, color and light, as they are about his subject, his wife Ina, whose presence is a constant and unifying motif.

Trager photographed his wife on only two occasions. This book comprises images from these contrasting bodies of work: black-and-white photographs made after 25 years lived together; and color photographs made between 2006 and 2011, after 50 years together. These intimate, openly theatrical images, made in concentrated sessions rather than as an ongoing diary, embody an enduring love and shared passion for art.

This clothbound volume offers a new perspective on one of America’s most renowned photographers.

Review

Those who are fans of Trager's work, especially his silvery black and white images, will find Ina’s portraits a rewarding pleasure in this new Steidl printing. (Richard Rivera New York Journal of Books)