Claude Cahun / introduction by François Leperlier

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954, photographer.

Contributor:

Leperlier, François, writer of introduction.

Series:

Photofile

Standardized Title:

Photographs. Selections

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954.

Cahun, Claude.

Photography, Artistic.

art photography.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (black and white) ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2023.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"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." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"With 67 photographs"--Page 2 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Claude Cahun. English.

ISBN:

0500297495

9780500297490

OCLC:

1371585551