Naked New York Adult Art Book Nude Portraits & Berlin Wall Graffiti Art Book

Description: Two coffee table books for one price! Nny) "Remember way back, when Philippe Halsman did those incredible jumping" portraits-the ones where he got the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Marilyn Monroe and everyone else important and unexpected to jump before his lens? Remember how different from their intended persona they looked in mid air-whether they were revealing or concealing themselves? Well, the achingly gifted and terribly young Greg Friedler has accom- plished something not dissimilar with his clothed/unclothed portraits. In almost all cases, these strangers (to him) photographed against the austere and not welcoming surface of a brick wall look more graceful, more relaxed, more lovely, more natural, if you will, than they do concealed in their raiment. Who'd of thought-but I guess Greg must have! You'll want to look at, and love these pairs of portraits over and over again." -Jordan Schaps, Director of Photography, New York Magazine "I decided to go to extremes and be more exposed than I will ever be again in front of a stranger and, in fact, many strangers. This is in hopes of improv- ing my self-image and becoming less self-conscious about my appearance." -Piercer's Apprentice "My girlfriend dared me to do this. She wanted to see my picture. I have never done anything like this before." -School Bus Driver “I like excitement. I thought that it would be great to bring out the photos when I am 80 and show my grandchildren how hip their Grandma was. I basically do things other people I know would not do. I mean one of my main goals is to be a mortician, who else dreams of this as a profession?" -Disabled Construction Worker I haven't had a nude photo taken of myself since I was a baby and I thought that this would prove an interesting contrast." -Senior Citizen “ “I believe in doing more in life than just working and paying bills.... Most importantly, I take great pride in being a New Yorker. I love my city because it comforts as well as enlivens me. To have this feeling, this being immortalized in photo anthropology seemed absolutely right to me. Someday, I will leave this place, but in my heart and in your book, I will always be part of New York, and New York will always be part of me." -Mental Health Worker GREG FRIEDLER was born in 1970 and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an M.F.A. in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He resides in New York City where he shoots numerous photographic projects as well as varied commercial work. W. W. NORTON & COMPANY Berlin Wall book) Here is the art of the Berlin Wall - over 100 of the most fascinating, creative, original, colourful, uninhibited and provocative graffiti produced on the Wall - photographed by the artist and designer Hermann Waldenburg between 1984 and 1990. With the opening of the Wall, its demolition, and the erosive effects of vandals and souvenir hunters, the images on this longest painting surface in the world have disappeared. The Berlin Wall Book documents and preserves the vanished art of this astonishing forum for articulating artistic and political expression. With more than 100 colour illustrations Thames and Hudson 30 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B3QP ISBN 0-500-97385-7

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