Bird, Beauty’s Daughters
Bird, Beauty's Daughters
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Bird, Walter. Beauty’s Daughters. With an itroduction by Fortunio Matania. London, John Long (1938). Gr.-4° (31,5 x 25,5 cm.). [102] p. with 46 photoengravings. Clothbound hardcover with silver-embossed title on the spine and cover. Bertolotti 100 f. – First edition of the first publication. – „In his book Beauty’s Daughters (1938), Walter Bird used dark backcloths and backlighting to transform his models into mysterious creatures resembling Hollywood movie stars“ (A. Bertolotti). – The British photographer W. Bird (1903-1969) „became known for his images of nudes and jointly set up a studio, Photo Centre Ltd., with John Everard and Horace Roye in 1939. From 1958 he was chief photographer for J. Russell & Sons, eventually purchasing the business in 1961. From 1958 to 1967 he was the official photographer for the National Photographic Record, initiated by the National Portrait Gallery to record important and influential citizens. He was a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.“ (Wikipedia). – Very fine copy.
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