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Karl Lagerfeld: Akstrakt

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Hardbound in a slipcase, Karl Lagerfeld's Akstrakt explores the notion of "form" and in doing so, builds upon Lagerfeld's previous photographic work exploring man's physicality. This amazing photographic study consists of 13 tritone photo plates, formally taking up and expanding the tradition of Bauhaus photography. Lagerfeld presents an aesthetically beautiful portrayal of the male body as an architectural form. The photographs are varnish-sealed in a tritone process, printed on Phoenixmotion-Xantur paper, and laid out in the manner of a Japanese brochure, encased in a cloth binding with a two-color brass-stamped plate. Akstrakt is an impressive contribution to photography as art and the use of photography to showcase the male form within a fascinating context of geometry and lighting.

In this book Lagerfeld examines the form of man and cardboard oval. The "male" form is contrasted with the shape of the cardboard, and is supposed to be "artistic." This is hardly creative, and could have been much better accomplished. In the end, a novel idea bears little fruit.

Although this is a small book it is very impressive indeed. Lagerfeld, in these 13 tritone photo plates, beautifully shows the male body as an architectural form. All 13 plates are of the same model, and the lighting and shadowing is exceptional. This book is a work of art. Hardbound in a slipcase, these photographs are varnish-sealed in a tritone process, on Phoenixmotion-Xantur paper. Lagerfeld has clearly achieved the joining of photography as art in his presentation of form. Lagerfeld continually amazes the world with his creative photography and an imagination that produces new & different concepts in each new book published. A masterpiece of art form!

Joe Hanssen