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 enlarge | Author: Candida Höfer
Creator: Umberto Eco
Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel
Category: Book
List Price: $99.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 38689
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 9.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 3829601867
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9783829601863
ASIN: 3829601867
Publication Date: January 2006
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Product Description
For almost 30 years Candida Höfer has photographed interiors, mostly representational spaces accessible to the public, such as staircases, lobbies, reading halls or exhibition spaces. Rather than staging them, she takes their picture in the state she finds them, with great discreetness and a touch of humour. Libraries are a book producers dream. Since nobody photographs libraries as beautifully as Höfer, it seemed only natural for Schirmer/Mosel to dedicate her next publication to the splendid and intimate cathedrals of knowledge across Europe and the US: the Escorial in Spain, the Whitney Museum in New York, Villa Medici in Rome, the Hamburg University library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, the Museo Archeologico in Madrid, and Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, to name just a few. Almost completely devoid of people, as is Candida Höfers trademark, these pictures radiate a comforting serenity that is exceptional in contemporary photography.
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Libraries April 7, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
A picture is worth a thousand words! This book says so much and yet there are only a handful of words on each page identifying the library in the photo. As I was "reading" through this book, I realized that I have been in many of the cities or countries where these libraries are located. I missed some beautiful sites. For anyone who has an interest in libraries, this is a must "read." I will be giving this to my son, who is an architect. His specialty is libraries.
The snapshot images speak for themselves in this captivating compilation August 5, 2006
27 out of 30 found this review helpful
137 color plates distinguish Candida Hofer Libraries, beautifully capturing seats of knowledge around the world from the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York to the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris, the Villa Medici in Rome and others. Aside from a brief introduction, no essays intersperse the eye-catching plates, each of which takes up a whole page with a blank page opposite in a two-page spread. The snapshot images speak for themselves in this captivating compilation highly recommended for bibliophile's coffee tables and photography shelves.
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