Franz Roh & Jan Tschichold (red.) - Foto-auge/ Oeil et
Foto-auge: 76 Fotos der Zeit. Zusammengestellt von Franz Roh und Jan Tschichold. Stuttgart, Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fritz Wedekind & co., pp. + 76 photographic illustrations. Original cover 29.5 x 20.5 cm. Condition: Reasonable; Refurbishing-copy with cover and interleaves somewhat stale and the edges worn out, back damaged which is why the back cover is loose, inside very good and clean. Text in English, German, French. Famous photo book with the self-portrait of El Lissitzky on the cover. With many examples of experimental photography from the s, such as photo montages and image distorting lenses. "Foto-auge (Photo-eye) was one of the most influential publications in the field of the New Photography in the s. Shortly after its appearance it was euphorically celebrated as a 'culturally pioneering work,' as a 'collection of disturbingly beautiful pictures,' and as an 'art history of modern photography,' and it took first place among the fifty most beautiful books of " (Inka Graeve Ingelmann, in: Object:Photo. Modern Photographs, ). Read More