[Numéro Spécial Consacré a la Photographie]
Charles Peignot [Directeur], Waldemar George [Essayist]
First edition. Quarto. Text in French. Thick printed wrappers. Wire spiral binding. 166 pp. 130 heliogravure plates. Essays. Index. Elaborate—and frankly amazing—period advertisements.Wrappers lightly edgeworn and shelfworn with a chipped spine heel. Textblock very good. A very nice, early copy of this influential and easily-abused series. A very good copy. Rare thus.
"In the photographic camera we have the most reliable aid to the beginning of objective vision . . . " -- L. Moholy-Nagy
Photographie was an annual, special issue of the magazine Arts et Métiers Graphiques entirely dedicated to photography. Published under the direction of Charles Peignot, Arts et Metiers Graphiques was famous for its new photographic vision and has become the "Who's Who"of modern photography. Peignot and his friends Jean Cocteau, Maximilain Vox, A. M. Cassandre, Jean Carlu and Paul Colin formed the Paris-based group Union des Artiste Moderne, a group "strongly against anything backward looking."
Photographie published the work of the leading photographers of the period, as well as the work of successful commercial agencies. Many of the articles are illustrated with documentary photographs and film stills.
Features “Photographie Vision du Monde” by Waldemar George and “Cent trente photographies reunies avec la collaboration de Sougez [one hundred and thirty photographs gathered with the collaboration of Sougez].”
Contains Heliogravure plates by Alban, Laure Albin-Guillot [x 5], R. Barré [x 2], Herbert Bayer [x 3], Aenne Biermann [x 2], Max Buchhartz [x 2], Contremoulin [x 4], Errell, Hans Finsler, Florence Henri, Hoyningen-Huene [x 6], André Kertesz [x 5], Pierre Kéfer, Rudolf Kramer, Germaine Krull [x 2], Le Charles [x 2], Eli Lotar [x 3], Man Ray [x 3], Daniel Masclet, Michaud, László Moholy-Nagy [x 3], Lucia Moholy, Martin Munkasci, Roger Parry [x 6], Henri Ragot [x 2], Albert Renger Patzsch, Marc Réal [x 3], G. W. Ritchey [x 3], Albert Rosenstiehl, Charles Sheeler [x 3], Sougez [x 4], Anton Stankowski, Edward Steichen [x 7], Maurice Tabard [x 8], Paul Unger, A. Vigneau [x 2], Lucien Vogel [x 2], Julius Widmayer [x 2], Willy Zielke [x 2], and René Zuber [x 2].
"Our century will be the age of the photograph." - Waldemar George