Frida Kahlo: The Gisèle Freund Photographs
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Review “Offers the most intimate insights into her life and working process . . . both Kahlo and Rivera shine forth from these domestic images.” (New York Times) Read more About the Author Gisèle Freund (1908–2000) was one of the first female members of Magnum Photos and is also known as one of the greatest portrait photographers of all time. She photographed an incredible number of renowned writers and artists, including Vladimir Nabokov, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce, among others. Read more
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Reviews
VERY disappointing! This is NOT a book focused on Frida! The title is misleading.It begins with a photo of Delores del Rio, and four pages of photos (2 colour) of a Mexican artist named David Alfaro Sequeiros, who is only mentioned in one sentence of the narration.What follows are 19 photos of Frida, taken in three photo sessions (1 double page spread is totally out of focus! Noted to be rare colour print..except this was in 1952, when my parents were taking colour photos...), 1 of Lupe Martin, Diego's ex-wife and 36 photos of DIEGO! There are 5 photos of Frida's paintings, all in black and white, 9 of Diego's works, many in colour. 20 photos are of the interior of the house, about 10 of the garden (again, B&W). Then there are myriad photos of the "Aztec tomb" that Diego built as a museum and tomb for his and Frida's ashes.There are seven pages of small contact photos, most duplicates of photographs already included in the book.All very well and good if the title wasn't FRIDA KAHLO: the Gisèle FreundPhotographs!!!I don't know who edited this, but it is obviously made for $$$ and not for information about Frida. There is a lot of "filler". Who really wants to see B&W photos of Frida's paintings, for example? Or a whole lot of B&W photos of a garden?At the very LEAST, the title needs to be changed to DIEGO RIVERA and Frida Kahlo, their home and works. At best, the Frida photographs should be the main feature, with larger prints of each.
