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Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits - 1999
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Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits - 1999

Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits Peter Beard studierte von 1957 bis 1961 Kunst bei Josef Albers an der Yale University in New Haven. Er kam aus einer reichen Familie – sein Urgroßvater James Jerome Hill war der Gründer der Great Northern Eisenbahngesellschaft – und konnte sich ein Leben in der Jetset-Gesellschaft leisten; so war er zum Beispiel befreundet mit Truman Capote, der 1972 mit ihm im Auftrag von Jann Wenner die USA-Tournee der Band The Rolling Stones dokumentieren sollte und häufig mit Bianca Jagger oder Caroline Lee Radziwill, der Schwester von Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, zu sehen. Er wurde bekannt durch seine Afrika-Bildserien und seine Porträt-Fotos, unter anderem machte er Aufnahmen von David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Veruschka Gräfin von Lehndorff, Iman und dem irischen Maler Francis Bacon, für den er selbst wiederum einige Male Modell stand. Als Modefotograf arbeitete er für die Zeitschrift Vogue. Beard war mehrmals verheiratet und unternahm zahlreiche abenteuerliche Reisen durch Afrika, unter anderem fotografierte er in den Jahren 1971/1972 systematisch die sterbenden und toten Elefanten. Die mit ihm befreundete dänische Schriftstellerin und Afrika-Kennerin Karen Blixen ermutigte ihn, seine aufrüttelnden Fotoarbeiten über den Kontinent weiterzuverfolgen. In ihrer Nachbarschaft errichtete er 1961 in Kenia seine Hog Ranch und blieb insgesamt 23 Jahre in Afrika. Er schrieb seit seiner Jugend Tagebuch; es sind mit Zeichnungen versehene und vollgeklebte Buchcollagen. Auf ähnliche Weise gab er auch seinen Aufnahmen besondere Ausdruckskraft, indem er sie mit Tierblut und Bildern, mit Zeitungsauszügen und Geschichten erweiterte. Das Buch ist wie neu und hat einen Kunstledereinband. Erstausgabe!

No. 94780457

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Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits - 1999

Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits - 1999

Peter Beard - Fifty Years of Portraits

Peter Beard studied art with Josef Albers at Yale University in New Haven from 1957 to 1961. He came from a wealthy family – his great-grandfather James Jerome Hill was the founder of the Great Northern Railroad – and could afford a life in the jet set; for example, he was friends with Truman Capote, who was supposed to document the USA tour of The Rolling Stones in 1972 for Jann Wenner, and was often seen with Bianca Jagger or Caroline Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

He became known for his series of images from Africa and his portrait photographs, including shots of David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Veruschka Countess of Lehndorff, Iman, and the Irish painter Francis Bacon, for whom he himself posed as a model several times.
As a fashion photographer, he worked for Vogue magazine.

Beard was married multiple times and undertook numerous adventurous trips through Africa, including systematically photographing dying and dead elephants in the years 1971/1972. His friend, Danish writer and Africa expert Karen Blixen, encouraged him to continue his stirring photographic work about the continent. He established his Hog Ranch in Kenya in 1961 and stayed in Africa for a total of 23 years.

He had been keeping a diary since his youth; it consists of book collages filled with drawings and glued elements. In a similar way, he also gave his recordings special expressiveness by augmenting them with animal blood and images, with newspaper clippings and stories.

The book is like new and has an art leather cover. First edition!

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