{"product_id":"the-body-anglais-espagnol-ewing-william-a","title":"The Body - Photoworks of the Human Form, William A Ewing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sensual curve of the hip. The disturbing pucker of a scar. The magnetic pull of the lashed eye. In this book, William A. Ewing presents an archive of over 360 photographic images of the body - beautiful, bizarre, sometimes brutally revealing - reflecting many years research and selection in museums, libraries and private collections throughout North America, Europe and Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotography has intensified our obsessive attraction to images of the body for at least 150 years. This book reveals a long tradition of photographing the nude, looking at the many different ways it has been depicted in the photographer's art: the full figure nude; the body in fragments; the body as an object of sexual desire and in the realm of dream, fantasy and obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included are bodies scrutinised by medical and anatomical photographers, and those celebrated by photographers of sport, dance and fashion. Most of the greatest names in photography are represented here: Nadar, Muybridge and Roger Fenton from the earliest days of the medium; later Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Man Ray; and from our own time John Coplans, Robert Mapplethorpe, Barbara Kruger, Pierre Radisic and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, in the age of the supermodel and the super-athlete, consciousness of both the private and the public body has never been greater. From 19th-century erotica to the sexual politics of the 1990s, this book provides a rich archive of bodily forms, male and female, and a record of the camera's infatuation with the human figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Ewing is a renowned authority in the field of photography. His many books include \"The Fugitive Gesture\" (1987), \"Flora Photographica: Masterpieces of Flower Photography\" (1991) and \"Breaking Bounds: The Dance Photography of Lois Greenfield\" (1992) - all published by Thames and Hudson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good Quality","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57494519873911,"sku":"1255","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/0027\/3064\/files\/s-l500_d4d4a897-d463-4811-8e00-0b787ee17598.webp?v=1790446981","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookbrook.co.uk\/products\/the-body-anglais-espagnol-ewing-william-a","provider":"The Book Brook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}