Photographer
Ernest Cole
Steidl/ Hasselblad Foundation
Edited by Gunilla Knape
Essays by Struan Robertson and Ivor Powell
Hardcover with Dust jacket
264 Pages
270 x 245 mm
2010
ISBN 9783869301372
About the Artist
Ernest Cole was born in South Africa’s Transvaal in 1940 and died in New York City in 1990. During his life he was known for only one book: House of Bondage – published in 1967. In 2011, the Hasselblad Foundation produced a follow-up: Ernest Cole: Photographer.
(source: magnumphotos.com/photographer/ernest-cole/)
About the Publisher
Steidl celebrates some of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature, publishes German literature as well as translations from French, English and Icelandic. In 1996, Steidl started his own photo book program. Today, some of the most renowned photographers and artists across the globe are part of the Steidl program, including Joel Sternfeld, Bruce Davidson, Karl Lagerfeld, Lewis Baltz, Ed Ruscha, Roni Horn, Paolo Roversi and Juergen Teller, to name but a few.
steidl.de
The Hasselblad Foundation was founded by Erna and Victor Hasselblad’s in 1979. The Foundation aims to promote research and academic teaching in the natural sciences and photography. This is achieved by awarding stipends in the natural sciences and photography, the Hasselblad Award, photographic research and photography exhibitions. Since 1999, there is also a research library, currently the only photography book library in Sweden.
hasselbladfoundation.org
