Le Corbusiers development was inextricably connected to the
rise of the centurys most popular visual medium: photography.
Marking the 125th anniversary of the architects birth in La
Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, this remarkable book traces the many
ways in which he used photography to define and disseminate his
work and ideas around the world. This unique portrait presents the
architect and his work in six chapters, each by an expert in a
particular facet of Le Corbusiers work: a photographic biography;
his secret travel photographs; the ways in which the architect used
photography for promotion; an examination of his approach to the
printed page; an overview of his use of large-scale imagery in his
buildings and exhibitions; and contemporary photographic
interpretations of his work. Because Le Corbusiers buildings are
usually shown in a documentary manner, the candid, personal,
artistic and often unexpected images that appear in this volume
offer new insights and ways to appreciate the facets of the man
behind his works.
關於作者:
Nathalie Herschdorfer is a photography historian and curator.
She is the author of Afterwards, and the co-author of Face: The New
Photographic Portrait.
Lada Umstatter is chief curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.