1000 Nudes
A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939
$51.86
- Hardcover
576 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2014
Summary
The history of nude photography is the history of people’s fascination with the topic. Indeed, the photographic depiction of the human body is the only subject that has enthralled photographers, theoreticians, and consumers over such a long period-more than 150 years. No other motif is as prevalent as this one during all the phases of development comprising the history of photography, no other is present, whatever the technique, and is a subject of discussion within the context of nearly all …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836554466 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3836554461 |
| Author: | Hans-Michael Koetzle, Uwe Scheid |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 1.00kg |
| Dimensions: | 45mm x 140mm x 195mm |
| Series: | Bibliotheca Universalis |
| Audience Age: | 18-10 |
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Critics Review
“Fascinating for what it tells us about the history of body images and social codes.”
Fascinating for what it tells us about the history of body images and social codes. * The Independent *
Hans-Michael Koetzle
Hans-Michael Koetzle, born 1953, is a Munich-based freelance author and journalist, focusing mainly on history and the aesthetics of photography. He has published numerous books on photography, including Die Zeitschrift twen (1995), Photo Icons (2001), Das Lexikon der Fotografen (2002), René Burri (2004), Photographers A-Z (2011) and Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler (2019).
Uwe Scheid (1944–2000) collected artistic and erotic photographs of nudes, dating mainly from photography’s early days and from the 1920s and ‘30s. Scheid was a member of the German Photographic Society, the European Society for the History of Photography, the Club Daguerre, and the Daguerreian Society.
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