{"product_id":"lost-writings-by-mina-loy-9780300276121","title":"Lost Writings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReassessing the career of the hugely influential \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e art director, who changed the course of twentieth-century American photography and graphic design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis lavishly illustrated volume explores the influence and significance of the Russian-born photographer, designer, and instructor Alexey Brodovitch (1898–1971). Best known for his art directorship of the American fashion magazine \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e between 1934 and 1958, he also tutored many celebrated documentary and fashion photographers, including Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Eve Arnold, and Lillian Bassman. Though disparate in their aesthetic approaches, these figures are unified by their responses to Brodovitch’s dictum to “astonish me.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors address Brodovitch’s impact on photography as an artistic medium in the mid-twentieth century and explore how European art and design became the foundation of a new American print culture. Brodovitch’s own work will be illuminated through his personal projects—such as the magazine \u003ci\u003ePortfolio\u003c\/i\u003e and the photographic project \u003ci\u003eBallet\u003c\/i\u003e, which depicted performances of the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in the United States (whose evolution echoed Brodovitch’s own émigré condition).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCase studies of his transformative collaborations with photographers such as Arnold, Avedon, Penn, Lisette Model, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hans Namuth, and André Kertész reveal pivotal encounters that may surprise even the most ardent photography aficionado. An illustrated chronology offers an important tool for scholars on this influential but often overlooked figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed for the Barnes Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarnes Foundation, Philadelphia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n(March 3–May 19, 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853271912684,"sku":"9780300276121","price":143.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24758953482294.jpg?v=1759194250","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lost-writings-by-mina-loy-9780300276121","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}