Self portrait

Here, the work by Francesca WOODMAN is read for the first time in the context of the photographic 'Tableaux Vivant'. She used her body as a medium & as an actor and devoted herself to two with femininity associated genres: female nude and 'living image'.

This catalog on the oeuvre by Francesca WOODMAN accompanied the exhibitions in San Francisco and at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC. An extraordinary informative essay organizes the critical & art historical literature on the work of the American photographer.

SC with loose dust jacket & photograph, 17 x 24 cm., 120 pp. (+6 pp. insert), Ltd. to 500 copies

Re-edit, pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 30 x 1 cm., 32 pp., 42 b/w ills., no text, Ltd. to 350 copies

Out-of-print 'Älskling' by Jenny ROVA contains self-portraits, but from the perspective of others. The total of 55 portraits taken by friends & lovers can be read as a biographical account, but also as an indirect portrait of the people behind the camera.

'Polaroids. Celebrities and Self-Portraits' provides an insight into the extravagant and lavish use of that material by Andy WARHOL. The celebrities inspired him as much as the rapidly developing image, which also allowed him directly to contact others.

'Revoir' by JH ENGSTRÖM is based on photo material from the mid-90s and beginning 2000s, the time of creation of his 'Trying to Dance'. At that time he questioned the meaning of photography for himself - positively answered by the freedom he experienced.

'Francesca Woodman: The Artist's Books' brings together all pages of her artist books in one book. The books convey her sophisticated relationship to narrative & sequence and offer a new understanding of the breadth of her engagement with the book format.

Lee FRIEDLANDER has explored self-portraiture throughout his career. What began as an unorthodox exploration of the genre has evolved into a masterful pursuit, as the photo volume 'In the Picture. Self-Portraits 1958-2011' shows in 400 duotone images.