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- Softcover
- 144 pages
- 67 illustrations
- 125 x 190 mm
- ISBN 9780500297490
- English
- 2023
Claude Cahun (1894–1954), the chosen name of the artist born 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.
Publisher
Information
- Softcover
- 144 pages
- 67 illustrations
- 125 x 190 mm
- ISBN 9780500297490
- English
- 2023
