Below is a list of anna zaires books in order of when they were originally published. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. To access the ineffable in a photograph, you cant look harder, only more slowly. There also appears to be a paperback version that is dinky sized. This information is published from the museums collection database. The photographs are accompanied by an enlightening, wellinformed, critical account of sudeks work by anna farova, sonja bullatys own remembrances of sudek, a collection of comments of sudek on sudek, called a self portrait, and an extremely helpful bibliography of.
Sudek produced his best work during his middleaged years, having grown up and out of the rules of modernism and into a style of his own. Anna farova 1 june 1928 27 february 2010 was a czech art historian who specialized and catalogued czech and czechoslovak photographers, including frantisek drtikol and josef sudek. Entitled the intimate world of josef sudek, this exhibition is the first of this scale to revisit the life and work of josef sudek kolin, 1896 prague, 1976 within its sociogeographical and historical context. Josef sudek hardcover february 1, 1999 by anna farova author, josef sudek author. Photography historian anna farova contributes an introduction and an extensive biographical chronology to this volume, which also includes a complete. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Anna farova was after all one of few personalities in photography, who with her work and significance went beyond the countrys borders, yet she behaved toward the medium in all sorts of ways.
Josef sudek by anna farova, 9788072153152, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The photographs in this book cover every stage of sudeks extensive career, shedding light on his lifelong quest to perfect his photographic vision. Czech photographer josef sudek s legacy continues to be important to the modern history of photography. Anna farova has 28 books on goodreads with 255 ratings. Josef sudek czech, 18961976 josef sudek portfolio, 19401966 10 silver gelatin prints published by kicken available at 2009 april vintage photography. Josef sudek by anna farova abebooks passion for books.
The lack of artist signature only means it was not exhibited or sold in his lifetime. Sudek received several awards during the 50s and 60s one being the artist of merit award by the czech government as the first photographer ever and in 1966 he was awarded the order of labor by the czech government. With 37 photographs together with the recollections of sudek. Josef sudek torst publishing house bibliography books. Josef sudek poeta di praga di anna farova prefazione di michael hoffmann testo di anna farova testimonianza di lanfranco colombo federico motta editore milano marzo 1991 1 edizione le immagini parlano da sole per questo grandissimo artista della fotografia ceca. She was born in paris in 1928 as annette safranek to a francoczech family. See more ideas about josef sudek, black and white photography and photography. Verschwundene statuen 195267 gelatin silver print on neovera paper, printed before 1967.
Czech photographer josef sudeks legacy continues to be important to the modern history of photography. Updates and additions stemming from research and imaging activities are ongoing, with new content added each week. Illustrated with a profusion of photographs, finely reproduced. Short thick folio, gold patterned boards with inset pictorial label lightly bumped at corners and spine ends.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. During the first world war he was drafted into the austrohungarian army in 1915 and served on the italian front until he was wounded in the right arm in 1916. Dubbed the poet of prague, josef sudek 18961976 was one of the most important and celebrated of czech photographers. The window of my studio josef sudek torst publishing house.
Josef sudek czechian, 18961976 introduction joseph sudek trained as a bookbinder his younger sister went into photography but had a become a keen amateur photographer before being called into military service in the first world war in 1915. Whereas his photographs from the 1930s are mainly a reflection of the external world, by the 1940s he was returning to himself. Poet of prague, a photographers life hardcover by josef sudek, anna farova from amazon. Josef sudek by sudek, josef pht farova, anna and a great selection of. Signed, dated and titled in pencil in the lower margin. Poet of prague has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. During a legendary career that spanned almost six decades, czech photographer josef sudek, the poet of prague, developed a craftsmanship and technical virtuosity that was unparalleled among his contemporaries. Early in his career, though the prevailing art movements of the 1920s and 30s included cubism, surrealism, and the czech avantgarde, sudek sought his own approach characterized.
Books by josef sudek author of josef sudek, poet of prague. Farova was a person deeplyrooted in cosmopolitan prewar europe. Josef sudek has 31 books on goodreads with 369 ratings. Josef sudek josef sudek 1954 1973 portfolio with 12 gelatin silver prints, printed 1976. Josef sudek czechian, 18961976 introduction joseph sudek trained as a bookbinder his younger sister went into photography but had a become a keen amateur photographer before being called into military service in the first world war. Prague during the first half of the twentieth century, at a time when the czech capital was a veritable hub of artistic activity. Josef sudek french paperback january 1, 1990 by anna farova josef sudek author 4. A near fine copy in an intact but very good only dust wrapper. In a career that spanned nearly seven decades, josef sudek. Buy josef sudek the window of my studio by josef sudek, anna farova from waterstones today. She traces his life and work, beginning with the devastation of world war i, in which he lost an arm, through his development as a photographer and a central figure in pragues. Josef sudek by sudek, josef pht farova, anna and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Rounding out the volume is a detailed biographical chronology by czech art historian and sudek expert anna farova. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. During exposure to light the silverbased image was transmitted chemically onto the carbon tissue, creating a pigmented image. The photographs are complemented with a text by anna farova, one of the foremost photography curators and writers in eastern europe and a longtime friend of sudek s. Biography 1896 born march 17, kolin, bohemia, the second child of vaclav and johanna sudek. Poet of prague anna farova, oxfam, anna farova, 0719549574, 9780719549571. Josef sudek the window of my studio by josef sudek, anna. The photographs are accompanied by an enlightening, wellinformed, critical account of sudek s work by anna farova, sonja bullatys own remembrances of sudek, a collection of comments of sudek on sudek, called a self portrait, and an extremely helpful bibliography of books and articles on and by the artist. Discover book depositorys huge selection of josef sudek books online. Anna zaires made her debut as a published novelist with close liaisons, which was released in 2012.
Josef sudeks most popular book is josef sudek, poet of prague. Jul 26, 2016 dubbed the poet of prague, josef sudek 18961976 was one of the most important and celebrated of czech photographers. Josef sudek was a czech photographer, best known for his photographs of prague. The photographs are complemented with a text by anna farova, one of the foremost photography curators and writers in eastern europe and a longtime friend of sudeks.
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