Vile Bodies Photography and the Crisis of Looking (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.05.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Published in cooperation with Channel Four Corporation in conjunction with the British television series of the same name, "Vile Bodies" is a collection of photographs and accompanying essays which penetrates the most urgent contemporary taboos concerning the human body and how we perceive it. The reader is confronted with disturbing images of death, disability, obesity, aging and the issue of child sexuality. The more than 20 photographers whose work is represented in this volume are among the most important and influential international artists working today - including Joel-Peter Witkin, John Coplans, Nan Goldin and Andres Serrano. Because of the universality of the taboos and themes, the essays and photographs in "Vile Bodies" have the power to speak to all of us, to provoke our subconscious fears and illuminate those parts of contemporary culture we would rather leave concealed, forcing readers to confront and question their own standards. One chapter addresses the subjects some fear most: sexuality, violence and the loss of innocence in childhood, as reflected in the uncanny and disturbing images of Wendy Ewald, and in the subtler, but thought-provoking works of Collier Schorr, Sarah Jones and Amy Adler. In another chapter, our criteria for beauty and ugliness is re-examined in photos of the aged body by John Coplans and Melanie Manchot. The bizarre imagery of Joel-Peter Witkin's scenes of suffering and bodily damage is featured in another part of the book, and our preconceptions of death are subverted by seductive, glossy cibachromes by the controversial artist Andres Serrano. Photographers such as Nan Goldin confront us with pictures of friends dying from AIDS-related diseases. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback,size 4to.Illustrated with b/w & coloured plates.Covers show some light edge wear & marking + light creasing.Contents clean & complete.Most items will incur extra charges for international shipping.These can be substantial for orders outside of Europe.Please consider this before buying.

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paper bound book with very light wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance, with no creasing to the spine, with minor wear at the extremities, and a small lifting of the laminate to base corner of front cover panel. A sharp copy. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].

First edition. 4to., [160] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Tiny bump to the lower tip; else fine in photo-illustrated stiff wrappers.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 9.75 X 0.5 X 11.75 inches; 160 pages.

Ohne Stempel, keine An-und Unterstreichungen, guter Zustand. Softcover. Original kartoniert.

Softcover. Black and white and color pictorial wraps with orange spine, 114 pp., bw and color illustrations. Book separated into five categories: "Kids: We do not construct our children in our own image, we construct our children in our images of them. Damaged Bodies: Witkin's art is the product of an uncertain spiritual quest. His is work that invites us to share in uncertainty and the need for reassurance. Ageing: What has changed between Rembrandt's age, when he could find beauty and dignity in the mature body, and our own, when that body has become one that can only be imagined with disgust? Inside/Out: The potential for pathological disorder, for a body that can spiral out of control, is something inherent to use all. Death: Though they may revoly us, these deeply personal pictures have an artistic purpose. They yse the stuff of horror to make universal claims about our lives." - blurb from back of book. VG- (shows show wear at edges and corners, all pages clear and intact).

Condition: Good. Prestel Publishing, 1998. Cover/spine edges/covers very lightly rubbed/bumped; edges very barely soiled; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and exceptionally clean except where noted; near pristine condition. paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Broschiert. Condition: Sehr gut. 176 Seiten Text Englisch - Leichte äußere Mängel - Buch ansonsten in sehr gutem und ungelesenem Zustand - Jeder Lieferung liegt eine ordentliche Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt. bei Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

Broschiert. Condition: Neu. 176 Seiten Text Englisch - Restexemplar - Originalverschweißt - Jeder Lieferung liegt eine ordentliche Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt. bei Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

Broschiert mit 160 Seiten. Zahlreiche S/W- und Farbfotoabbildungen. Format 24 x 29,8 cm. Einband außen mit minimalem Abrieb. Sonst gutes Exemplar. Beeindruckende Fotos vom menschlichen Leben: Kids. Damaged Bodies. Ageing. Inside/Out. Death. Aufgenommen von verschiedenen Fotografen, z. B. Nan Goldin, John Caplans, Nick Waplington u. v. m. Sprache: englisch.