Volkswagen: A Week at the Factory - Brossura

Keetman, Peter; Kley, Armin; Nishen, Dirk; Sachsse, Rolf

Brossura

ISBN 10: 081180268X ISBN 13: 9780811802680

Casa editrice: Chronicle Books Llc, 1993

Riassunto

One of the best-known and best-loved cars ever manufactured, the VW Bug was a symbol for decades of a casual lifestyle replete with breezy outings. But the 71 duotone photographs in this elegant paperbound volume offer a striking contrast to this populist impression. In 1953, photographer Peter Keetman spent a week at a Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, emerging with a collection of remarkable images that, although rejected by the Volkswagen publicists, transform the parts of the popular car into works of abstract art gleaming stacks of hoods and fenders trace sinuous lines reminiscent of Edward Weston's seashells; bolts of cable look like exotic plants; sheet metal takes on a life of its own. Arranged in the order of the car's manufacturing process, accompanied by three essays on photography and Volkswagen production, Volkswagen: A Week at the Factory is a landmark in the history of industrial photography and a timeless look at a contemporary icon.

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Peter Keetman is a commercial and industrial photographer who has also published several books of landscape photography. In 1949, he was one of the original founders of the "fotoform" group of photographers, a predecessor of the international subjective photography movement. During the past several decades, he has had one-man shows in Germany and the United States. He lives and works in Breitbrunn-Chiemsee, Germany.

Peter Keetman is a commercial and industrial photographer who has also published several books of landscape photography. In 1949, he was one of the original founders of the "fotoform" group of photographers, a predecessor of the international subjective photography movement. During the past several decades, he has had one-man shows in Germany and the United States. He lives and works in Breitbrunn-Chiemsee, Germany.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Chronicle Books Llc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 081180268X
• ISBN 13: 9780811802680
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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