"CROSS" par Kelly KLEIN. Editions Callaway, New York. 2000. in-4 carré, reliure cartonnée sous jaquette titrée. Non paginé (224p). Textes en anglais de Kelly Klein, ainsi que de Simon Doonan, Father Andrew Greeley, Robert Mapplethorpe, Patrick MacCarthy, Duane Michals, Bob Morris. Illustré de plus de 160 reproductions photographiques pleine page, certaines en double page, sur le thème de la Croix de différents photographes tels Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, Sam Haskins, David Hockney, Steven Klein, Man Ray, Annie Leibovitz, André Kertész, Terry Richardson, Paul Strand...

 

"In her lavishly produced third book, accomplished editor and photographer Kelly Klein celebrates the myriad incarnations of the cross in photography of the past century. Here are images of the cross in both nature and the man-made world, in precious decorative objects and industrial architecture, in the shapes of human body and the shapes of shadows. These pictures show how this most potent symbol can be transformed into the sacred, the ordinary, the profane, depending on its use and surroundings. This is the first book ever to distill the icon of the cross to its pure aesthetic essence, to explore its universal beauty..."

 

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