"WernerBischofPictures" offers an overview of the work of one of the twentieth century's strongest photographers. Bischof (1916-1954), whose oeuvre took shape quickly over the very brief span of his adult life, is known as a master of black-and-white. His reputation began to spread during a studio period in Zurich in the 1930s, during which time ...
In 1945, already known as a photographer of refined images verging on the abstract, Werner Bischof made his way by bicycle through war-torn Germany, documenting signs of human life emerging from the rubble. In luminous images - of little girls playing tag in the shell of a bombed cathedral, of a young man luxuriating in the sun smoking a cigar - ...
This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Werner Bischof - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.
Description: Good. Smaller size soft cover book. Spine and covers creased. No writing or stamps. Pages clean and tight. Front cover curls up. Non smoking storage. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Zurich Co-operative "Zur Limmat"
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. NOT EX LIB! 1946 large pictoral book. Pages are clean with very light tanning, some mild edegewear, some light cover wrinkling. 177 p. Pictorial paper cover over stiff cards. Photos. Great historical perspective. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Co-operative "Zur Limmat, "
Date Published: 1946]
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Spine and edge wear. Unknown printing. [English, German]. 177, [1] p. , 1 l. illus. (part col. ) 30 cm. "2nd edition. ". read more
Edition: 2nd
Binding: hard
Publisher: Zur Limmat
Date Published: 1946
Description: 200 b/w photos. very good+, oversized, photog. wrappers affixed to plain bds. 178 pgs, English version by Mary Bancroft. Fascinating look at a neutral corner of post-World War II Europe. read more
Description: -Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], limp pictorial paper covered boards. The paper is rubbed & chipped & the spine is perished with long tears to the head & tail. 177 & [1] pages. Profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations with a map & 1 double-page color illustration after a painting by Ferdinand Hodler. The page edges are darkened. Good only. Third edition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good. 1961, Very Good+ paper back, clean and nice. No writings, markings or tears. Curl/crease on cover. Privately owned and well cared for. read more
Description: Kubler, Arnold., Gottlieb Duttweiler, Werner Bischof., English Version by Mary Bancroft (Editorial Staff)., pub. by 'Zur Limmat', nd (ca 1940s), ncrd, illus. boards, covers loose & spine gone, signature loose, page edges tanned o/w good, 179 pp, B & W/co. read more
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