About this title: 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 - Bischof captured the struggles of ordinary people incrementally resuming their daily lives in a devastated landscape. Two years later, his travels having extended through France, Hungary, Greece, and Italy, Bischof had created an extraordinary ...
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Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institute Press
Date Published: 1997
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Nice hard cover, lightly read, acetate over dust jacket, library stamps & stickers, first blank page cut out, stk #2618e9. 39 p. Includes illustrations. read more
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First American edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated with over 40 b/w photographs. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine. 48 pages. No signatures or bookplates. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
Date Published: 1985
Description: In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm. /11in. ], Full Appinean brown cloth with dust jacket, pp. 199 Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
Description: Motta Photography Series. Small coffee stain at bottom left of front dust jacket, else fine. Out of Print. Hardcover book in fine condition, with a near fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781560987215ISBN:1560987219
Description: Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First English Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Smithsonian, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781560987215ISBN:1560987219
Description: As New in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. WE SPECIALIZE IN PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS. 10pp. plus 40 b&w photo plates. From the Motta Photography Series which showcases the work of postwar masters. Bischof, a Magnum photographer captures the struggle of of ordinary people gradually resuming their lives in a devastated landcape. From post war Germany in 1945 to France, Hungary, Greece and Italy in 1946-50. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781560987215ISBN:1560987219
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. A used ex-library copy. Library markings. Pages are somewhat worn. Cover worn with some creases. Edges and corners worn. Binding solid and tight. When you buy this item, you benefit the Timberland Regional Library.... read more
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