Frida Kahlo

The Gisèle Freund Photographs

Gisèle Freund, Gérard de Cortanze, Lorraine Audric

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Harry N Abrams
01 September 2014

In 1950, the photographer Gisèle Freund embarked on a two week trip to Mexico, but she wouldn’t leave this country “where nothing is mediocre or insignificant” until two years later. Here she met the legendary couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Welcomed into their home, she immersed herself in their private lives and the cultural and artistic diversity of the country, taking hundreds of photographs. Kahlo and Rivera opened up to Freund, trusting her to photograph them as they went about their daily business. Freund sometimes posed them and at other times caught them by surprise, at work and during private moments, creating images that offer a revealing look into their lives and art.

These powerful photographs, among the last taken before Kahlo’s death two years later, bear poignant witness to her beauty and talent. Showcasing more than one hundred of these rare images, many of which have never been published before, this book also includes previously unpublished commentary by Gisèle Freund about Frida Kahlo and Freund’s stay with the couple, texts by Kahlo’s biographer Gérard de Cortanze and art historian Lorraine Audric, as well as a link to a previously unreleased color film, shot by Freund, showing Diego Rivera at work.

By (photographer): Gisèle Freund
Text by: Gérard de Cortanze
Epilogue by: Lorraine Audric
Imprint: Harry N Abrams
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781419714238
ISBN 10: 1419714236
Publication Date: 01 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Frida Kahlo: The Gisèle Freund Photographs

Offers the most intimate insights into her life and working process . . . both Kahlo and Rivera shine forth from these domestic images. --New York Times