Paul Strand
1) Paul Strand
Author
Series
Aperture masters of photography volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Paul Strand (born in New York, 1890; died in Orgeval, France, 1976) is one of photography's great modernist masters. Alongside Edward Weston and Alfred Stieglitz, he pushed the artistic potential of the medium to new heights. Strand's long career began as a student of Lewis Hine, and by 1917, he was already recognized as an important artist; the last issue of Stieglitz's Camera Work magazine was entirely devoted to his photographs, including many...
Author
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art in collaboration with Fundación MAPFRE
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Through his amazing variety of innovative images, photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976) played a crucial role in establishing the medium's significance as a modern art form. Celebrating the recent acquisition of the core print collection of the Paul Strand Archive by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this stunning book comprehensively reassesses the artist's career in light of current scholarship and critical debates about his work. Featuring more than...
Series
Criterion collection volume 685
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Wolof
Description
Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Redes: "In this vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker's terrible loss...
Series
Criterion collection volume 369--373
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A collection of feature films that starred Paul Robeson, plus one short documentary narrated by Sidney Poitier.