Nathalie Herschdorfer Book order

The book features a collection of stunning photocollages that showcase the innovative vision of a groundbreaking artist in fashion photography. With a unique female perspective, the monograph presents a retrospective of work that is both timeless and evocative, capturing a haunting beauty that redefines the genre.

The landmark photographic survey of the human body at a moment when body image and body politics are being redefined. In a world of selfies and body shaming, Photoshopping and gender fluidity, body image has never been more at the forefront of popular cultural dialogue. Body is a definitive, democratic statement at a time when our fixation with images of the human form is greater than ever before. Curator and art historian Nathalie Herschdorfer brings together over three hundred and fifty images created predominantly in the twenty-first century that explore our relationship with the body. This watershed publication presents work from major names in art photography, including Bettina Rheims, Lauren Greenfield, Cindy Sherman, Viviane Sassen, and Sally Mann, alongside others whose fashion work has shaped our view of the human form, such as Solve Sundsbo and Daniel Sannwald. Interwoven with these major works are images that explore the numerous other ways in which we have represented the body, and the ways in which imaging of the body has been used, shared, and changed over the last quarter-century. Capturing the complex and often paradoxical relationship we have with our bodies - from fantasy to reality and curiosity to obsession - Body is a timely homage to, and introspection of, the human form as it sits in our current culture.

Shows the possibility for contemporary photography to question events, to connect us emotionally with our fellow humans, and to provide an opportunity to understand and find answers. In a media-saturated world, are we in fact becoming immune to the impact of photography that captures cataclysmic moments of devastation and suffering? Have we increasingly stopped looking and thinking, or is it that we react more to photographs taken after an event where there’s an opportunity to reflect, to empathize? This powerful and thought-provoking survey features work by thirty-one contemporary photographers—Robert Polidori, Suzanne Opton, Raphae¨l Dallaporta, Taryn Simon, Guy Tillim, and more—whose concern is to examine the aftermath of violence, disaster, and suffering. The photographs invite us to consider the resonance of events that have taken place over sixty years of modern history, including the aftermath of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, and the fate of people in the midst of horrible events or long-term upheaval, such as refugees, political prisoners, or survivors of natural disasters.

Catalog of an exhibition held at Musaee de l'Elysaee, Lausanne, June 18-Sept. 26. 2010 and various other locations.

reGeneration showcases the creativity, ingenuity and inspiration of fifty up-and-coming photographic artists. Presenting the winning entries of a competition organized by the prestigious Musee de l'Elysee in Lausanne, this bold and exciting look at photography's rising stars features an astonishing variety of subjects and techniques, and will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in photography, art or contemporary culture.