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Highlights and Shadows

€36.00
Spiralbound paperback with translucent plastic cover. Numerous black and white photos of nudes.
Highlights and Shadows is a 1937 first edition book edited by German-American photographer Arnold Genthe. Published in New York by Greenberg Publisher, this work serves as a significant collection of erotic and fine art photography, featuring numerous black-and-white plates of nudes produced by leading camera club photographers of the era, including Lionel Heyman, Lazlo Willinger, Riccardo Bettini, and Helene Deutch. The book is presented in a quarto format with approximately 100 full-page photographs. It is notable for its unique spiral-bound construction, which features a translucent or opaque acetate front cover and a paper rear cover. Each photographic study is accompanied by technical details regarding the camera, lens, development process, and paper used.

Bibliographic Details

Author Arnold Genthe
Publisher Greenberg Publisher
Place of publication New York
Year 1937
Edition First edition
Binding Other
Language English
Dimensions 30x24
Collation 104 pp.
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