Description
Libraries
Author: Candida Hofer
Hard cover, with dust jacket, as new condition.
A gorgeous book featuring 137 full colour photographs of some of the world's most famous libraries and institutions. Nobody photographs libraries as beautifully as Hofer, so it seemed only natural to dedicate one of her publications to the splendid and intimate cathedrals of knowledge across Europe and the US: the Escorial in Spain, the Whitney Museum in New york, Villa Medici in Rome, the Hamburg University library, the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris, the Museo Archeologico in Madrid, and Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, to name just a few. Almost completely devoid of people, as is Candida Hofer's trademark, these pictures radiate a comforting serenity that is exceptional in contemporary photography.