Jean Cocteau: Mirror and Mask: A Photobiography

by Francis Steegmuller

A photographer once remarked to Andr Maurois, "If I were to take a picture of a village wedding, Jean Cocteau would appear between the bride and groom." And he was right; Cocteau was photographed everywhere, by everyone, in all guises and poses. Cecil Beaton posed him smoking an opium pipe, Lucien Clergue caught him in the romantic ruins of Arles where Cocteau was shooting Orph e, Arnold Newman shot him in Paris, and Philippe Halsman in New York...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879239417
• ISBN13: 9780879239411
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 8.7"