Paul M. Smith: Photographs
by Paul Wombell & Alistair Hayman
oblong 4to. pp. [112]. English, French & Italian text. profusely illustrated. biography. hardcover (fine condition). [Frankfurt]: Goliath, 2004].
ISBN-10: 3936709106 / ISBN-13: 9783936709100
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Smith breaks from the traditional uses of photography in terms of subject and style by allowing his manipulations of the image to be clearly staged and to become such an integral part of the final work. Great photographic projects every art lover should know! The sincerity and authority of the documentary is manipulated and questioned by Paul M. Smith. Acting out Cindy Sherman for boys, he looks at the traditions of war and photography and the recreational aspects of army life