Vile Bodies: Photography and the Crisis of Looking
- ISBN-10
- 379131940X
- ISBN-13
- 9783791319407
- Series
- Vile Bodies
- Category
- Photography / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Author
- Chris Townsend
Description
Published in cooperation with Channel Four Corporation in conjunction with the British television series of the same name, Vile Bodies is a collection of photographs and accompanying essays which penetrates the most urgent contemporary taboos concerning the human body and how we perceive it. The reader is confronted with disturbing images of death, disability, obesity, aging and the issue of child sexuality. The more than 20 photographers whose work is represented in this volume are among the most important and influential international artists working today - including Joel-Peter Witkin, John Coplans, Nan Goldin and Andres Serrano.
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