Apropos Rodin

by Geoff Dyer and Jennifer Gough-Cooper

Presenting over 70 colour photographs of Rodin's sculptures housed in the Musee Rodin, this title contains images that capture the beauty of the stone, the light from the grand windows and great wall... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500543194
• ISBN13: 9780500543191
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

An Artist's Perspective

I take issue with the other review of this book. The reviewer seems to expect this book to be something it clearly is not, nor ever intended to be. Jennifer Gough-Cooper is a fine art photographer who created an absolutely beautiful series of photographs about the experience of seeing Rodin's work in the context of the Rodin Museum, with all its wood floors, French windows, glass vitrines, antique mirrors and mouldings. The photos are not about having "special access" and taking the works out of their context to give a sterile "objective" perspective. In terms of the "soft focus," this is an intentional product of the artist's choice of a shallow depth of field. The images in this book are not documentation, but fine art. In fact, the Rodin Museum chose to exhibit these photographs in their museum and acquire a set for their permanent collection. This book is pure poetry and I highly recommend it.