{"product_id":"corina-gertz-corina-gertz-9783735609052","title":"Corina Gertz: The Averted Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA photographic meditation on the semiotics of clothing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerman photographer Corina Gertz explores clothing as nonverbal communication--symbolic of standing and status, group membership, regional identity, religious denomination and official function. \u003ci\u003eThe Averted Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e showcases an ongoing series of the same name that Gertz began in 2010. As the title suggests, Gertz shoots her figures from behind; by \"averting\" the camera from her subjects' faces, she subverts the portraiture genre. She casts attention instead to her subjects' clothing, photographing women from around the world wearing traditional national dress. The clothing alone articulates their identities, connoting local wisdom, conventions, customs and practices. Gertz celebrates these cultural particularities, on both an aesthetic and sociopolitical level, depicting the various forms of dressing as distinct but equally precious: splendid fabrics with sumptuous embroidery shine with sculptural and painterly intensity against a deep black background, captured in a clear, expressive composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Corina Gertz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3735609058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783735609052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerber Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.80h x 9.60w x 0.70d","brand":"Corina Gertz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410584203519,"sku":"9783735609052","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_137cf647-7ef0-414d-b283-9d5bee0ed375.jpg?v=1697536861","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/corina-gertz-corina-gertz-9783735609052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}