Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard
\nCarmel, California, USA: The Friends of Photography 1979<\/p>\n
Gift of the Commonplace
\nCarmel Valley, CA: Woodrose Publications \/ Center for Photographic Art, 1996
\nISBN: 0963039350<\/p>\n
Recollections: Ten Women of Photography
\nNew York: Viking, 1979<\/p>\n
Ruth Bernhard: Between Art and Life
\nSan Francisco: Cronicle Books, 2000
\nISBN: 0811821919
\nQueertheory.com: \u201cHailed by Ansel Adams as \u201cthe greatest photographer of the nude,\u201d Ruth Bernhard is an icon in the photographic world. As told by Ruth in countless conversations with close friend and biographer Margaretta Mitchell, this thoughtful, illustrated memoir is a true tribute to the legendary artist. Reminiscent of a personal scrapbook, the engaging text is adorned with an abundance of fascinating memorabilia and nostalgic snapshots. Woven throughout is correspondence between Ruth and her mentor Edward Weston, as well as interviews with friends, colleagues, students, and her long-time printer. Also included is a special section entitled \u201cWorkshop,\u201d which surveys Ruth\u2019s acclaimed teaching methods. Coinciding with an exhibition in honor of Ruth\u2019s 95th birthday, Ruth Bernhard: Between Life and Art is a beautiful celebration of an extraordinary woman.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes
\nEssay by Margaretta K. Mitchell
\nCarmel, CA: Photography West Graphics, 1986
\nSan Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1994
\nISBN: 0811808262
\nWomeninphotography.org: \u201cThe Eternal Body was the first collection of Bernhard\u2019s forty year study of the nude to be presented in a single, elegantly bound monograph. by Ruth Bernhard (Photographer), Margaretta K. Mitchell.
\nThe photographs selected, many of which have never been exhibited, unveil the true range of her feminine genius. Bernhard\u2019s intense, studied camera work had produced images of he human form that clearly transcend the boundaries between the spirit and the flash. This collection expresses her lifelong passion to understand the effects of light on the body and to reveal it in its purest form.\u201d<\/p>\n
NB! The fact that an artist is mentioned in Feminine Moments\u2019 bibliography it is of course no guaranty that she will be lesbian, bisexual or queer tomorrow, nor that the authors of the above books are \u201cout and proud\u201d in their writings\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Feminine Moments’ bibliography – art books about photographer Ruth Bernhard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1094],"tags":[947],"class_list":["post-17310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b","tag-ruth-bernhard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}