Terence Pepper / Marina Warner - Man Ray Portraits - 2013
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Man Ray Portraits is an outstanding survey of one of the twentieth century's greatest photographic innovators. Edited by Terence Pepper, with an insightful introduction by Marina Warner, the book brings together more than 150 portraits spanning Man Ray's remarkable career, revealing his unique ability to merge portraiture with the experimental spirit of Surrealism and Dada.
From artists, writers, and musicians to actors, fashion icons, and close collaborators such as Lee Miller and Kiki de Montparnasse, each portrait transcends simple documentation to become a work of artistic invention. Man Ray's masterful use of light, composition, and darkroom experimentation transformed portrait photography into a vehicle for imagination and modern expression.
Beautifully reproduced and thoughtfully sequenced, Man Ray Portraits is both a visual celebration and an essential reference, offering a comprehensive look at an artist whose portraits continue to define the relationship between photography, art, and the avant-garde.
Seller's Story
Dartbooks is a specialized photography bookshop based in Barcelona, dedicated to photobooks, rare and out-of-print editions, and historically significant publications. With a strong focus on Japanese photography, Dartbooks was founded to provide continuity to a field that requires depth, expertise, and careful curation.
The bookshop was established after the closure of Kowasa, a landmark reference for photography books in Spain. Its disappearance left a clear gap for photographers, collectors, and institutions in need of a space with a serious and knowledgeable approach to the photobook. Dartbooks emerged in response to that need, not as a replacement, but as part of the natural evolution of a cultural ecosystem.
Dartbooks operates with a curatorial mindset, shaped by long-term engagement with photography and book collecting. The project functions as a book hunting platform for collectors, professionals, and libraries worldwide, and also provides advisory support to other bookshops seeking to develop coherent and specialized photography collections.
The catalogue includes new publications, rare and out-of-print titles, monographs, retrospectives, self-published works, signed copies, and editions produced directly by photographers through their own imprints. The selection reflects a sustained commitment to photography as a form of visual narration, where images construct meaning beyond text.
Although rooted in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona, Dartbooks serves an international audience. Its community includes collectors, professionals, and institutions from France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and beyond, both through the physical space and the online platform.
Dartbooks understands the photobook not merely as an object of consumption, but as a cultural artifact that documents artistic practices, historical contexts, and personal visions. The bookshop functions simultaneously as a place of discovery, an archive in constant growth, and a point of connection between photographers, publishers, and readers.
Man Ray Portraits is an outstanding survey of one of the twentieth century's greatest photographic innovators. Edited by Terence Pepper, with an insightful introduction by Marina Warner, the book brings together more than 150 portraits spanning Man Ray's remarkable career, revealing his unique ability to merge portraiture with the experimental spirit of Surrealism and Dada.
From artists, writers, and musicians to actors, fashion icons, and close collaborators such as Lee Miller and Kiki de Montparnasse, each portrait transcends simple documentation to become a work of artistic invention. Man Ray's masterful use of light, composition, and darkroom experimentation transformed portrait photography into a vehicle for imagination and modern expression.
Beautifully reproduced and thoughtfully sequenced, Man Ray Portraits is both a visual celebration and an essential reference, offering a comprehensive look at an artist whose portraits continue to define the relationship between photography, art, and the avant-garde.
Seller's Story
Dartbooks is a specialized photography bookshop based in Barcelona, dedicated to photobooks, rare and out-of-print editions, and historically significant publications. With a strong focus on Japanese photography, Dartbooks was founded to provide continuity to a field that requires depth, expertise, and careful curation.
The bookshop was established after the closure of Kowasa, a landmark reference for photography books in Spain. Its disappearance left a clear gap for photographers, collectors, and institutions in need of a space with a serious and knowledgeable approach to the photobook. Dartbooks emerged in response to that need, not as a replacement, but as part of the natural evolution of a cultural ecosystem.
Dartbooks operates with a curatorial mindset, shaped by long-term engagement with photography and book collecting. The project functions as a book hunting platform for collectors, professionals, and libraries worldwide, and also provides advisory support to other bookshops seeking to develop coherent and specialized photography collections.
The catalogue includes new publications, rare and out-of-print titles, monographs, retrospectives, self-published works, signed copies, and editions produced directly by photographers through their own imprints. The selection reflects a sustained commitment to photography as a form of visual narration, where images construct meaning beyond text.
Although rooted in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona, Dartbooks serves an international audience. Its community includes collectors, professionals, and institutions from France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and beyond, both through the physical space and the online platform.
Dartbooks understands the photobook not merely as an object of consumption, but as a cultural artifact that documents artistic practices, historical contexts, and personal visions. The bookshop functions simultaneously as a place of discovery, an archive in constant growth, and a point of connection between photographers, publishers, and readers.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Photography
Book title
Man Ray Portraits
Author/ Illustrator
Terence Pepper / Marina Warner
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
2013
Height
31 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
25 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
NPG
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Dust jacket
Number of pages
224
