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Book SynopsisLe Corbusiers development was inextricably connected to the rise of the centurys popular visual medium: photography. This book traces the many ways in which he used photography to define and disseminate his work and ideas around the world.
Trade Review'Just when you thought there wasn’t any more to write about the wily old Swiss iconoclast, along comes another rich tome with insight as to exactly why Corbusier continues to exert such a hold' - Wallpaper*
'Provides a more intimate way to access Le Corbusier’s creative process and some of the surprising inspirations behind his work' - Architect’s Newspaper Blog
'Superb and scholarly' - The Wall Street Journal
'An irresistible visual scrapbook' - Vogue
'Remarkable' - Another Mag
Table of ContentsIntroduction • Le Corbusier’s secret Photographs: Tim Benton • “Printer – beware!” Photography and the printed page: Catherine de Smet • Le Corbusier’s Monumental Photographs: Arthur Rüegg • The Image and Promotion of Le Corbusier’s Work Through Photography: Veronique Boone • Le Corbusier in Contemporary Photography: Jean-Christophe Blaser • Snapshots and poses: Le Corbusier in photographs: Klaus Spechtenhauser
