First edition. Very Good+ with a touch of wear at the edges; binding is fragile but intact. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. Photographs by Marsha Burns; text by David Featherstone. 48 pages; 38 duo-toned b&w plates plus 7 text illustrations; 10.75 x 8.75 inches. Chronology. Untitled 28. Mostly nudes and semi-nudes, female and some male.

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Title

Postures: The Studio Photographs of Marsha Burns

Publisher

The Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA

Publication Date

1982

Language

English

ISBN 10

0933286252

ISBN 13

9780933286252

Binding

Paperback

Edition

1st Edition

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These images dominated by a concern for gesture form an evolutionary series of photographs that began with nudes and with a group of reclining figures. As burns explored the creative possibilities of working in her studio she began to manipulate the natural light that fell on her models , to use clothes and other props to increase the complexity of meaning in the images. In these photographs the studio environment functions as a constant. Distinctive cracks in the plaster, a horizontal molding that ends abruptly, heavy metal braces on the floor a shallow corner formed by a jog in the wall's surface - these elements form a structural thread through the entire series of photographs. By working repeatedly in the same space she has illuminated the variables of exposure , lighting and space in a way that allows her greater freedom to explore the complex relationship between model and photographer that is the source of her imagery.

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