{"product_id":"claude-cahun-by-francois-leperlier-9780500297490","title":"Claude Cahun","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe perfect primer on the surrealist writer and photographer Claude Cahun.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClaude Cahun\u003c\/em\u003e (1894–1954), the chosen name of the artist born Lucy Schwob, was best known in her lifetime as a writer but built up a remarkable body of photographic work that only came to prominence after her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolitically active and involved with a wide circle of artists and intellectuals, including the Surrealists, Cahun followed her own rules in both life and art. She is best known for her strikingly staged self-portraits, in which she used costumes, makeup and technical effects to tackle themes of identity and self-representation. Her love of symmetry, mirroring, repurposing, and retouching was also reflected in her approach to other styles of photography, including portraiture, photomontage, and still-life tableaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether working alone or in collaboration with her life partner Marcel Moore (born Suzanne Malherbe), Claude Cahun was a pioneering figure in the aesthetics of modernity who never stopped crossing boundaries of gender and genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383600201964,"sku":"9780500297490","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2795763482366.jpg?v=1773377950","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/claude-cahun-by-francois-leperlier-9780500297490","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}