Bettina Rheims - More Trouble - 2004

Bettina Rheims – More Trouble – Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, 2004 – Original edition - First Edition

Important monograph by Bettina Rheims, published by Schirmer/Mosel in 2004, comprising the sequel to her famous Female Trouble and gathering a decade of portraits taken by the photographer.

More Trouble brings together 217 photographs, primarily of women — actresses, models, artists, famous personalities but also anonymous models — staged in the instantly recognizable Bettina Rheims universe, at the border of fashion photography, portraiture, glamour and contemporary erotism.

The work perfectly illustrates how Rheims renews the representation of the female body: deliberately constructed poses, frontal gaze, sophistication of fashion and sometimes theatrical settings alternating with images that are much more intimate and vulnerable. The collection alternates color photographs and black-and-white / duotone images, reproduced for the most part on full page or in large double-page spreads.

This period counts among the most iconic in Bettina Rheims’ career, a major figure in contemporary French photography, known for her celebrity portraits as well as for her explorations of femininity, identity, seduction and the representation of the body.

The volume is particularly spectacular for its large format, the quality of its printing and the succession of 217 photographic reproductions.

Bibliographic characteristics:
Photographer: Bettina Rheims
Title: More Trouble
Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel
Place: Munich
Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition / première édition
ISBN: 978-3-8296-0106-1
Languages: German / English / French
Pagination: 240 pages
Illustrations: 217 photographs in color and black and white / duotone
Dimensions: 26.1 x 32.1 x 2.6 cm
Binding: hardback
Dust jacket: original illustrated photographic dust jacket
Subject: contemporary photography, portraiture, fashion, celebrities, femininity, glamour
Special feature: first edition of one of Bettina Rheims’ major monographs

Condition: Fine copy complete with its original illustrated dust jacket. Interior clean and very well preserved, binding solid. The dust jacket and binding show a few signs of handling at the corners rubbed, visible on the many photos in the listing. The photographs are an integral part of the description and allow a precise assessment of the condition of the copy.

An important monograph by Bettina Rheims, notable for its large format and its 217 photographs. A work of particular interest for collectors of photobooks, fashion photography, contemporary portrait photography and French photography from the 1990s–2000s.

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