Melanie Manchot: Love is a Stranger - Photographs 1998-2001 (Photography S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3791325329 ISBN 13: 9783791325323

Publisher: Prestel, 2001

Synopsis

Whether playfully voyeuristic or deliberately ambivalent, Melanie Manchot uses photographs to challenge socially and culturally constructed ideas about beauty, ageing, sexuality and fantasy. This work presents six of the artist's most important recent series. Her series of photographs of couples kissing explores ideas about intimacy and personal space, with ironic captions often adding to the subtle humour of her photographs. Manchot's best-known work - nude photographs of her mother - are considered beautiful by some and unsettling by others. While her images can be disturbing, they are also often gentle and affectionate.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Manchot uses photography to challenge socially and culturally constructed ideas about beauty, aging, sexuality, and fantasy. Her series of photographs of couples kissing explores ideas about intimacy and personal space, with ironic captions often adding to the subtle humor of her photographs. Manchot ’s best-known work - nude photographs of her mother - are considered beautiful by some and unsettling by others. While her images can be disturbing, they are also often gentle and affectionate.

About the Author:

Melanie Manchot studied photography and art at New York University, the International Center of Photography, and the Royal College of Art in London. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at the Royal Photographic Society in Bath and at galleries in London, Berlin, Basel, York, Munich and Cardiff.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3791325329
• ISBN 13: 9783791325323
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Hand Janet