BERENICE ABBOTT

This is one in a series of books to be published by Steidl that will explore Berenice Abbotts oeuvre. Abbott began her photographic career in Paris in 1925, taking portraits of some the most celebrated artists and writers of the day, including Marie Laurencin, Je an Cocteau, Peggy Guggenheim, Coco Chanel, Max Ernst, André Gide, Philippe Soupault and James Joyce. Within a year her work was exhi bited and acclaimed. Paris Portraits 19251930 features the results of Abbotts earliest photographic project and illustrates the ph ilosophy of...[Llegir més]