One remarkable woman, five remarkable careers: Leni Riefenstahl is the exception to the rule. From dancer to actress to film-maker to photographer to diver, she has excelled in each field and is one of the most important and controversial artists of the 20th century. Her contributions to the art and technique of film-making were vast, most notably in her epochal film "Olympia" (1938). Critically acclaimed during the 1930's for her work under the Hitler administration and harshly criticized after the war, Riefenstahl surged ...
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One remarkable woman, five remarkable careers: Leni Riefenstahl is the exception to the rule. From dancer to actress to film-maker to photographer to diver, she has excelled in each field and is one of the most important and controversial artists of the 20th century. Her contributions to the art and technique of film-making were vast, most notably in her epochal film "Olympia" (1938). Critically acclaimed during the 1930's for her work under the Hitler administration and harshly criticized after the war, Riefenstahl surged on, completing the famous "Tiefland" in 1954. In the 1960s and 70s she traveled to Africa and extensively photographed East Africa and the Nuba tribes in Sudan, publishing three books. Ready for yet another change, she took up deep-sea diving at the age of 71, beginning a new chapter as an underwater photographer. Though she has attracted much attention throughout her life and has been the subject of many books, articles, and films, Leni Riefenstahl Five Lives is the first book to showcase her entire career in pictures. Produced in collaboration with Riefenstahl herself, the book includes her most famous images as well as many previously unpublished pictures from her private archives. The main body of the book features photographs (without text) spanning Riefenstahl's entire set of careers, with pictures of her on stage as a dancer and on the set as an actress and film-maker, as well as film stills and her own photographs (precise commentaries about the pictures can be found in the comprehensive appendix). The illustrated biography, international bibliography, and detailed filmography complement the illustrative section with extensive information about her personaland professional lives. Fans and critics alike will be impressed with this sweeping visual tribute.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. pp. 336. Book is in excellent clean condition. DJ has very slight shelf wear. A heavy volume (>2kg), extra shipping costs have been included in price.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Oversize. Heavy. Nice copy in dust jacket, except gift inscription on front flyleaf scribbled out and there is a thin gray stain along the front joint of the book (far left hand side) of the front cover.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Text in English, Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Large heavy coffee table sized book, profusely illustrated with oth color and black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy. The top of the dust jacket is crumpled a little, now preserved in Mylar.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Text in English, French, German. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name