THEN: Photographs 1925-1995
Alexander Liberman
Random House
Essay by Calvin Tomkins
Texts by Alexander Liberman
Hardcover
256 pages
240 x 301 mm
1995
ISBN 679445242
Then: Photographs 1925–1995, by photographer and artist Alexander Liberman, is a work that brings together a wide selection of portraits taken over several decades. The book features black and white images of prominent figures from the worlds of art, fashion, culture, and society, captured with an elegant and direct style. Through these photographs, Liberman offers a visual testimony of his creative environment and the influential personalities he lived with, accompanying many images with personal comments that provide context and character to the collection.
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About the Artist
Russian-born artist Alexander Liberman was the influential art director of Vogue magazine from 1943 to 1962, then editorial director of Condé Nast publications until 1994. As an artist, Liberman worked in paint, large-scale sculpture, and photography. He photographed contemporary artists and other cultural figures, friends, family, and historical sites from about 1925 until 1998. He published several books of his photographs, including The Artist in His Studio (1960, 1988), Campidoglio: Michelangelo’s Roman Capitol (1994), and Then: Photographs 1925-1995 (1995).
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