Contributions

  • Huis Marseille (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - Contributor

Publication

2017 - Fw:Books, Amsterdam?, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC770
  • LCCTR647 .W46 2017

Alternate Titles

  • Ceylon

Description

Festschrift in honor of Lionel Wendt, 1900-1944, photographer, musician from Sri Lanka; includes his brief biography and reproduction of his photographs.

Description

Sri Lankan photographer Lionel Wendt's (1900-1944) choice of subject was eclectic: from sensual and homo-erotic portraits to tropical images of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and from picturesque scenes to compositions for which he used modernistic stylistic devices and experimental techniques. After his premature death in 1944 his negatives were destroyed, but his prints resurfaced in the 1990s, and are now part of several international private and museums collections. This year Wendt's work will be exhibited at Documenta in Athens, and a large scale retrospective will take place in the summer of 2017 at Huis Marseille Museum for Photography in Amsterdam.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Lionel WendtFw:Books2017

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