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In 1947, Sanford Roth, a native of New York, moved to Paris with his wife, Beulah, a Siamese cat, and a small camera. He was determined to pursue a career as a photographer. As the city recuperated from the years of German occupation, a renaissance took place before Roth's eyes. He captured Paris and the Parisians from Montmarte to Montparnasse and became lifelong friends with Colette, Picasso, Cocteau, and many other artists and intellectuals.
He later used his skills as a photojournalist to photograph film stars in both Europe and Hollywood. His photographs of James Dean, for instance, became world famous and contributed to the cult status Dean acquired.
Sanford Roth's photographs appeared in Life, Look, Paris Match, Elle, People, Harper's Bazaar, and Oggii. In 1953, a collection of his Paris photographs were published under the title of The French of Paris with an introduction by Aldous Huxley. Four books of Roth's photographs have been published since his death in 1962, including Paris in the Fifties (1988), Italy, 50s (1990), Portraits of the Fifties (1987) and James Dean (1983).
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Brett Weston Photographs
New York: E. Weyhe, 1956
Near fine, light stains at outer edge, First Edition, 12 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches, [104] pages, cloth, dust Jacket (small chips at top edge, light soiling to front and rear cover).
Signed by Brett Weston in pen on the page acknowledging the assistance of the Guggenheim Foundation, The first major monograph on Brett Weston written and designed by his long time friend Merle Armitage. Armitage met Brett Weston in the early 1920s when he became close friends with Edward Weston while both were residents of Los Angeles. At the end of his introduction, Armitage reprints a review he wrote of a Brett Weston exhibition held at Jake Zeitlin's Los Angeles bookstore in 1930. In a fitting tribute to the photographer, this review prefaces a suite of beautiful reproductions from photographs produced by Weston after twenty-six years of work.
$2,500.00