Woman:
Andreas H. Bitesnich.
Publisher: teNeues Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN-10:
3832790322
'Woman' opens with an essay by Tobias G Natter entitled 'Tension is the
main element'. Natter states that "Bitesnich chooses his women
with care"
and that "The photographer transforms any real deviations...into
a perfect image, reducing individuality to a type". And it would
indeed be fair to say that the women within Bitesnich's photographs are
best described as being that of the classical, romantic ideal of perfect
feminine beauty. Natter claims that the women within Bitesnich's photographs
are depicted as being 'assertive'. But whose ideal of feminine beauty
is being asserted within the images? Is it the artists or the models or
a combination of both? Or could it be that neither party are making a
conscious assertion and that the images are but a product of the collective
simulacra? In truth these are questions that all artists whose work depicts
the body, be it male or female, should address.
There
is a sublime feel to each of the monochromatic images within this monograph
and the quality of the printing does full justice to the subtle tones
inherent within each image. There are two versions of this book. The content
of both are the same but one is a hardback version and the other a much
smaller paperback version. I am
reviewing the larger hardback publication - the increased size makes the
viewing experience that much more enjoyable and is therefore the one I
would recommend.
Hardcover:
128 pages
Review by
Christopher John Ball
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