Exposition / Nathalie Leger ; translated from the French by Amanda Demarco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Léger, Nathalie, author.

Contributor:

DeMarco, Amanda, translator.

Standardized Title:

Exposition. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini, contessa di, 1835-1899--Fiction.

Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini.

Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini, contessa di, 1835-1899.

Photographers' models--Fiction.

Photographers' models.

Genre:

Biographical fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

154 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

[St. Louis, MO] : Dorothy, a publishing project, 2020.

Summary:

"Exposition is the first in a triptych of books by the award-winning writer and archivist Nathalie Leger that includes Suite for Barbara Loden and The White Dress. In each, Leger sets the story of a female artist against the background of her own life and research--an archivist's journey into the self, into the lives that history hides from us. Here, Leger's subject is the Countess of Castiglione (1837-1899), who at the dawn of photography dedicated herself to becoming the most photographed woman in the world, modeling for hundreds of photos, including "Scherzo di Follia," among the most famous in history. Set long before our own "selfie" age, Exposition is a remarkably modern investigation into the curses of beauty, fame, vanity, and age, as well as the obsessive drive to control and commodify one's image."Leger's vigorous work consistently satisfies, with ideas crystallizing with the clarity of a photograph."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translation of: L'Exposition.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781948980036

1948980037

OCLC:

1198085683