Slight rubbing to jacket (chiefly to extremities); else a nearly new copy internally. [ca. 100] pages (unpaginated). First major monograph on the work of the Parisian-based photographer, featuring close-up black-and-white studies of sculptured body parts (clothed and otherwise). Afterword ('Living Stone') by Sollers; photographer's acknowledgments. Copyright date of 2003 and number line from 10 to 1 on colophon; printed in Germany.69 Tritone Illustrations.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Corpus

Publisher

Rizzoli

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

0847825922

ISBN 13

9780847825929

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Synopsis

Corpus is the first major monograph on the photography of Alejandra Figueroa, introducing the photographer to the North American audience. The fruit of several years' work, this series of black-and-white photographs of statues from the world's greatest museums captures every nuance of flesh and exalts every detail of the human body-proof of the classical beauty of Figueroa's art and her dedication to the sensuality of forms.

This breathtaking collection of sixty-nine quadratone photographs is an invitation to a voyage through past and present, matter and flesh, sacred and profane, life and death, seen through the most subtle and sensuous of lenses. Figueroa's closeup images of sculpted bodies follow in a double tradition: that of great painters, in her skilled framing and lighting, which give every picture the illusion of life; and that of such great photographers as Edward Weston and Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

About the Author

Alejandra Figueroa was born in Mexico and has lived in Paris since 1992. Her photographs are particularly, although not exclusively, devoted to sculpture. Her highly acclaimed work has appeared in exhibitions and galleries worldwide.

Philippe Sollers is a prolific novelist, writer, and editor. His book Illuminations won the Prix Montaigne in 2003.

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