The errand of the eye
Subtitle: photographs by Rose Mandel
By: Susan Ehrens ; introduction by Julian Cox
Contributors: Cox, Julian, author; Mandel, Rose, 1910-2002; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
Publisher: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and DelMonico Books, an imprint of Prestel Publishing
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9783791353050
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Exhibitions
Description: The first publication dedicated to Rose Mandel, a pioneering woman in photography, introduces her remarkable, if often overlooked, body of work to a wider audience. Born in Poland, Rose Mandel immigrated to California in 1942. A love of photography soon brought her into contact with Edward Weston, and then with Ansel Adams and Minor White, both of whom had a strong influence on Mandel's work. Including her important sequence 'The Errand of the Eye', this book presents the sensitivity and clarity of Mandel's vision. Images from natural and man-made environments, eloquent portraits, and abstract landscapes convey Mandel's delight in the compositions and patterns that can be found anywhere, whether walking along a city street or a country path. These photographs are the result of a highly refined sense of craftsmanship and a complex understanding of psychology and abstract expressionism that caused Mandel to be described as "a painter with a camera." 0Exhibition: de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA (22.6.-13.10.2013).
Notes: Issued in connection with an exhibition held June 22-Oct. 13, 2013, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California. The exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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