The Surprised Gesture.
Louvre/Paris Museums| N° d'inventaire | 30838 |
| Format | 25 x 25 |
| Détails | 175 p., numerous black and white photographs, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2002 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782879007465 |
As if the moment still needed to be surprised, photography fixes it, freezes the detail that says the essence of the work. Double surprise, then, that of the photographer's gaze which perhaps detects, in the instant of a pose, the intention of the artist... The gestures gathered here, brought together two by two, reveal the movement of the body, sensual or intellectual: gestures of tender or violent love, of struggle, of work, of play or of pleasure...
As if the moment still needed to be surprised, photography fixes it, freezes the detail that says the essence of the work. Double surprise, then, that of the photographer's gaze which perhaps detects, in the instant of a pose, the intention of the artist... The gestures gathered here, brought together two by two, reveal the movement of the body, sensual or intellectual: gestures of tender or violent love, of struggle, of work, of play or of pleasure...