Captive Beauty

By Frank Noelker

Book Overview

The fifty color photographs in Frank Noelker'sCaptive Beautyare not simple, uncomplicated shots of animals in zoo settings; there is an ambivalence in them that only gradually envelops the viewer. Their sad, stark beauty confronts viewers, challenging them to consider the nature, purpose, and effects of zoos.Captive Beautyincludes a short epigraph by the photographer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252028996
• ISBN13: 9780252028991
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 11.5"