Herbert Tobias - Bilder der Sehnsucht (MINT CONDITION, SHRINK-WRAPPED) - 1994

SCARCE OPPORTUNITY to purchase this WONDERFUL SMALL BOOK from 1994 (!) -
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WITH THE BEST PHOTOS by the still highly underrated Herbert Tobias between 1951 and 1960.

Herbert Tobias (1924 till 1982) was a German photographer who first became well known for his fashion photography during the 1950s. His portrait studies, his photographs of Russia during World War II and his homoerotic pictures of men are all of artistic value.
He was one of the first well-known people in Germany to die from AIDS.

New, mint, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher's plastic foil.
In this brilliant fresh condition really hard to find.

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Ars Nicolai Galerie, Berlin. 1994. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover (as issued). 153 x 195 mm. 57 pages. Photos: Herbert Tobias. Edited and text: Janos Frecot. Text in German.

Small, charming photobook by Herbert Tobias - in perfect condition.

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Through publication of his work in many high-class magazines Herbert Tobias had become by 1956 an established figure in German fashion. His contacts in the worlds of fashion and film led in the following years to many photo-portraits of the famous, including Hildegard Knef, Zarah Leander, Valeska Gert, Amanda Lear, Klaus Kinski, Tatjana Gsovsky, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Andreas Baader.
From 1972 his pictures started to appear in various gay magazines, particularly in "Him".