Richard Lawton - Grand Illusions
| Conditie | goed [vorm, binding en inhoud boek goed; het boek ruikt wel wat muf] |
| Aantal pagina`s | 255 |
| Uitgavejaar | 1974 |
| Uitgegeven door | Octopus Books |
| Kaft | zwart linnen hardcover met zilveropdruk op de rug [A4 formaat] |
| Stofomslag | ja [met 2 beschadigingen aan de bovenrand van de achterzijde] |
| ISBN | 0706403622 |
| Code [intern] | HEEM/NUMA |
Beschrijving boek
With a text by Hugo Leckey.
Grand Illusions represents a selection of the most beautiful photographs ever to come out of Hollywood's Golden Years. The motion pictures of that era, stumbling perhaps across a new poetics, projected gorgeous fantasies which soared beyond the plots and elaborate sets, even beyond the luminous glamour of the stars.
Once on film, subjects had a beguiling sense of drifting through space as through painted by a casual, barely visible presence. And in truth, the visual intelligence behind these films was often one of genius; genius which could dream and still control a new technology.
