Achat robert polidori pas cher ou doccasion rakuten. While living in paris in the early 1980s, he began documenting the restoration of versailles, and has continued over a 30 year period to photograph the ongoing. Polidori s versailles is more like a reserved but also cynical comment of what it really takes for grandeur to sustain itself. This book for the first time assembles images from polidori s major photographic series beirut, versailles, havanna, new orleans and pripyat and chernobyl, giving an overall impression of his oeuvre. What is lacking is a comprehensive introduction to the place, setting the scene and contextualizing it simply within world. Born in montreal in 1951, robert polidori is one of the worlds most acclaimed photographers of human habitats and environment. In his new book, robert polidori presents us with a largeformat photograph of a city. Parcours museologique revisite versailles robert polidori. Parcours museologique revisite is robert polidoris attempt to visually portray aspects of historical revisionism as seen through various stages of the restoration. Full text of giornale generale della bibliografia italiana. The great and hidden splendours of the sun kings palace is a sumptuouslypresented book with excellent colour photographs which give a clear picture of versailles charms, almost as good as an actual visit. Secret versailles by robert polidori i k o n e s s.
He has published eleven photo books, most recently after the flood steidl, 2006, and a threevolume compilation of his pictures of versailles, robert polidori. He won the world press award in 1998, and he has twice won the alfred eisenstaedt award for magazine photography 1999 and 2000. The palace of versailles, acclaimed photographer robert polidori says he. Robert polidori documents over 20 years of restorations at. In parcours museologique revisite robert polidori delivers a sublime photographic tract on architectural revisionism by charting the decadeslong conservation project at versailles. Lagerfeld, robert polidori, marc walter, jeanbaptiste leroux et annie leibovitz. He has published over 15 photo books with steidl, most recently hotel petra 2016 and 60 feet road 2016.
In parcours museologique revisite robert polidori delivers a sublime. The independent publisher of photography books talks about how he has survived. Polidori publie egalement dans dautres magazines, tels geo et vanity fair. Robert polidori was born in montreal in 1951 and today lives in ojai, california. The admirable photographs in this book, realized by that passionate lover of versailles, the artist robert polidori, evoke very nearly all the pleasures enjoyed by those who, like himself, might wish to prowl about versailles at all hours and in all epochs. The restoration of versailles, photos in the book parcours museologique revisite by robert polidori. Each of the series constitutes an experimental entity whose goal is to reveal something that no longer exists. Robert polidori born february 10, 1951 is a canadianamerican photographer known for his largescale color images of architecture, urban environments and interiors. Hurricane katrina was exhibited at the metropolitan museum of art. These follow the threevolume compilation of his pictures of versailles, parcours museologique revisite 2009. Polidori was a staff photographer for the new yorker from 1998 2006. Robert polidori parcours museologique revisite artbook d.
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