December 12 – February 14, 2009

Most known for organizing the groundbreaking 1933 exhibition of nude photography and its corresponding book, Nus, Daniel Masclet also deserves recognition for his own artistic achievements in photography.  Born in France in 1892, Masclet's photographic career spanned the 1920's through the 1950's.  Throughout this period, Masclet lovingly photographed his wife Francesca.  His early portraits of her, which are often both sensual and androgynous, challenge traditional gender roles.

Masclet was inspired by Edward Weston and instrumental in exhibiting his work in Paris.  He also collaborated with the German photographer and teacher Otto Steinert, participated in Steinert's Subjektive Fotografie 1 and 2 and championed his work and teachings.  Masclet and Steinert shared an appreciation for abstraction.  Masclet's street scenes and still lifes reveal his modernist and avant garde vision.


BOOKS AVAILABLE:

Angier, Roswell. Train Your Gaze.
(AVA Books, 2007) $49.95

Botman, Machiel. Rainchild
(Schaden, 2004) $70 signed

Breitenbach, Josef. Manifesto
(Nazraeli Press, 2008) $60

Caffery, Debbie Fleming. Polly
(Twin Palms, 2004) $60 signed

Caffery, Debbie Fleming. The Shadows
(Twin Palms, 2002) $60 signed

Catherineau, Roger. L'image improbable.
(Editions Musee de la Ville de Rennes, 1992) $40

Frame, Allen. Detour
(Kehrer Verlag, 2001) $50 signed

Greenberg, Stanley. Invisible New York.
(The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998) $40 signed

Greenberg, Stanley. Waterworks.
(Princeton Architectural Press, 2003) $40 signed

Moral, Jean. L’Oeil Capteur
(Marvel, 1999) $45

Noble, Laura. The Art of Collecting Photography.
(AVA Books, 2006) $60

Traub, Charles H.
(Gitterman Gallery, 2006) $25 signed

Traub, Charles H. In the Still Life
(Quantuck Lane Press, 2004) $20 signed

Traub, Charles H. et al. The Education of a Photographer
(Allworth Press & S.V.A., 2006) $20