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Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crisis of Looking
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Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crisis of Looking Paperback - 1998

by Chris Townsend


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Published in cooperation with Channel Four Corporation in conjunction with the British television series of the same name, Vile Bodies is a collection of photographs and accompanying essays which penetrates the most urgent contemporary taboos concerning the human body and how we perceive it. The reader is confronted with disturbing images of death, disability, obesity, aging and the issue of child sexuality. The more than 20 photographers whose work is represented in this volume are among the most important and influential international artists working today - including Joel-Peter Witkin, John Coplans, Nan Goldin and Andres Serrano.

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  • Title Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crisis of Looking
  • Author Chris Townsend
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Prestel Publishing, New York
  • Date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9783791319407 / 379131940X
  • Weight 2.03 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.68 x 9.46 x 0.44 in (29.67 x 24.03 x 1.12 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98191584
  • Dewey Decimal Code 779
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Munich: Prestel with Channel Four Television Corp, 1998. Softcover. VG- (shows show wear at edges and corners, all pages clear and intact). Black and white and color pictorial wraps with orange spine, 114 pp., bw and color illustrations. Book separated into five categories: "Kids: We do not construct our children in our own image, we construct our children in our images of them. Damaged Bodies: Witkin's art is the product of an uncertain spiritual quest. His is work that invites us to share in uncertainty and the need for reassurance. Ageing: What has changed between Rembrandt's age, when he could find beauty and dignity in the mature body, and our own, when that body has become one that can only be imagined with disgust? Inside/Out: The potential for pathological disorder, for a body that can spiral out of control, is something inherent to use all. Death: Though they may revoly us, these deeply personal pictures have an artistic purpose. They yse the stuff of horror to make universal claims about… Read More
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