MAN AS ART: New Guinea Body Decoration
London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. Malcolm Kirk, photographer. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition, 1981. Near Fine. Folio, unpaginated, with full color and black & white illustrations. Bound in publishers black cloth with tan illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket shows very minor signs of wear, otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #26146
ISBN: 050054073x
Previous assistant to Irvine Penn, Kirk’s first expedition to Papa New Guinea in 1967 was sponsored by National Geographic, and proved to be the beginning of a love affair with the country to which he returned repeatedly over the next 13 years, returning each time with more and more incredibly beautiful photographs of the tribe’s people he encountered.
The resulting book, ‘Man As Art: New Guinea’, documents the stunning body art, tribal decoration, colored masks and feather headdresses the people had devised, and is one of the most beautiful portraiture studies in photography. The iconic photographers work should be re-appreciated, as relevant and arresting today as it was 40 years ago. - People of Print.
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