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Claude Cahun / introduction by François Leperlier ; translated from the French by Jill Phythian. - First published. - London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2023. - [144] strony : fotografie ; 19 cm.

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Author

Cahun Claude (1894-1954). Fotograf Leperlier François (1949- ). Tekst Phythian Jill. Tłumaczenie

Form of Work

Książki Albumy i książki artystyczne

Subject

Cahun, Claude (1894-1954) Fotografia francuska Fotografia portretowa Fotografia czarno-biała Surrealizm

Genre/Form

Albumy fotograficzne

Czytelnia

Fotografia

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Notes:

Bibliography, etc. note

Wybrana bibliografia strony [140-141].

Summary, etc.

Streszczenie: Claude Cahun (1894–1954), the chosen name of the artist Lucy Schwob, was best known in her lifetime as a writer but built up a remarkable body of photographic work that only came to prominence after her death. Politically active and involved with a wide circle of artists and intellectuals, including the surrealists, Cahun followed her own rules in both life and art. She is best known for her strikingly staged self-portraits, in which she used costumes, makeup, and technical effects to tackle themes of identity and self-representation. Her love of symmetry, mirroring, repurposing, and retouching was also reflected in her approach to other styles of photography, including portraiture, photomontage, and still-life tableaux. Whether working alone or in collaboration with her life partner, Marcel Moore (born Suzanne Malherbe), Claude Cahun was a pioneering figure in the aesthetics of modernity who never stopped crossing boundaries of gender and genre.