The power of pictures : early Soviet photography, early Soviet film / Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Jens Hoffmann ; with an essay by Alexander Lavrentiev
2015, First Edition. New York, NY New Haven, CT : The Jewish Museum, New York ; Yale University Press. Fine copy in the original pictorial boards. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new, still in the publisher's original shrink wrap. Item #273946
ISBN: 0300207689
Physical description; 238 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm. Summary; "Covering the period from the Revolution to the beginning of World War II, this book considers Soviet avant-garde photography and film in the context of political history and culture. Three essays trace this generation of artists, their experiments with new media, and their pursuit of a new political order. A wealth of stunning photographs, film stills, and film posters, as well as magazine and book designs, demonstrate that their output encompassed a spectacular range of style, content, and perspective, and an extraordinary sense of the power of the photograph to change the world" Subjects; Photography — Soviet Union — Exhibitions. Photography — Political aspects — Soviet Union — Exhibitions. Photography, Artistic — Exhibitions. Motion pictures — Soviet Union — Exhibitions. Photography — Political aspects.
Price: €25.00