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Hardcover
144 pages
Aperture
Published 1994
From Publishers Weekly
Emigrating to Paris in 1950, American photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976) traveled widely with his wife Hazel Kingsbury across France, Italy, Romania and the Hebrides in search of an ideal village embodying an unbroken exchange between people, environment and nature. They also made photographic odysseys to Morocco, Ghana and Egypt. The 113 quietly moving photographs in this magical album capture the particularities of each region yet also speak of the common humanity of the people emphatically portrayed. Duncan, a Paris-based writer/artist who befriended the Strands in France, provides an informal reminiscence. Eskildsen, a German museum director, capably charts Strand's quest for a whole, organic lifestyle and its expression in his peripatetic work, which has received much less critical attention than his early pioneering pictures.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Of all the great photographers of the twentieth century, Paul Strand most truly embodied the aspirations and spirit of his age. From 1915 to 1975 he created photographs that continue to deepen in value and intensity...They show us that abstract qualities are implanted there by culture. Justice and desire burn in faces, foliage, and even a fence. As in all great art, the photographs of Paul Strand transcend their own immediacy, a feat of eloquence that makes their presence enduring." --Mark... read more
Book Description
"So finally, it can be seen that what I have explored all my life is the world on my doorstep...The artist's world is limitless. It can be found everywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away." --Paul Strand
From 1950 to 1976 Paul Strand and his wife Hazel traveled throughout Italy, France, the Outer Hebrides, Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, and Romania, creating work that changed the way we look at photographs. Paul Strand: The World on My Doorstep honors this important photographer by collecting the finest images from his later years. Catherine Duncan-writer, artist, close family friend-provides an intimate biographical memoir that explores Strand's creative life and methods. Ute Eskildsen, photographic curator of the Museum Folkwang, in Essen, Germany, contributes an essay on Strand's portraits and landscapes. The sum is a penetrating, human portrait of Paul Strand at the height of his photographic power. |
Paul Strand, Circa 1916
Maria Morris Hambourg |  |
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The Illuminating Mind in American Photography: Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Adams
David P. Peeler |  |
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Paul Strand: Essays On His Life and Work
Maren Stange (Editor); & Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction) |  |
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Tir a'Mhurain: Outer Hebrides
Paul Strand; Basil Davidson (Commentary); & Catherine Duncan (Preface) |  |
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Paul Strand: The World on My Doorstep
Paul Strand; & Catherine Duncan |  |
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La France De Profil
Paul Strand; & Claude Roy (Commentary) |  |
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Paul Strand: Southwest
Paul Strand (Photographer); Rebecca Busselle (Text); & Trudy Wilner Stack (Text) |  |
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Paul Strand: 60 Years of Photographs
Calvin Tomkins |  |
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Paul Strand: 60 Years of Photographs
Calvin Tomkins |  |
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Un Paese: Portrait of an Italian Village
Cesare Zavattini (Contributor); Paul Strand (Photographer); & Marguerite Shore (Translator) |  |
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