SOUGEZ (Emmanuel).
Alphabet.
Photographs by Sougez. Editions Antoine Roche. 3, rue du Cherche-Midi. Paris (VI). 1932. Small in-8 (17 x 18,3 cm). (54) pp. : soft cardboard covers, red spine, black and white pictures of cubes with their shadows on both plates.

One of the most famous photographic primers, made by Emmanuel Sougez (1889-1972) in 1932.
Trained at the Beaux-arts de Bordeaux, he was the director of the photographic services of L'Illustration, from their creation in 1926, and a major figure of the photography of the thirties, refusing tricks and photomontages, only the art of the photographer counted.
Twenty-six black and white photographs reproduced in heliogravure by Aulard & Cie and printed on heavy paper. One double page per letter, on the right, a simple and realistic art shot and, on the left, the initial in red under two typographic forms and the caption of the photo in three languages: French, English, German.
Rubbing on the covers and small lack at the foot of the spine.
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SOUGEZ (Emmanuel). Alphabet. Photographs by Sougez. Editions Antoine Roche. 3, rue du Cherche-Midi. Paris (VI). 1932. Small in-8 (17 x 18,3 cm). (54) pp. : soft cardboard covers, red spine, black and white pictures of cubes with their shadows on both plates. One of the most famous photographic primers, made by Emmanuel Sougez (1889-1972) in 1932. Trained at the Beaux-arts de Bordeaux, he was the director of the photographic services of L'Illustration, from their creation in 1926, and a major figure of the photography of the thirties, refusing tricks and photomontages, only the art of the photographer counted. Twenty-six black and white photographs reproduced in heliogravure by Aulard & Cie and printed on heavy paper. One double page per letter, on the right, a simple and realistic art shot and, on the left, the initial in red under two typographic forms and the caption of the photo in three languages: French, English, German. Rubbing on the covers and small lack at the foot of the spine.

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SOUGEZ (Emmanuel). Alphabet. Photographs by Sougez. Editions Antoine Roche. 3, rue du Cherche-Midi. Paris (VI). 1932. Small in-8 (17 x 18,3 cm). (54) pp. : soft cardboard covers, red spine, black and white pictures of cubes with their shadows on both plates. One of the most famous photographic primers, made by Emmanuel Sougez (1889-1972) in 1932. Trained at the Beaux-arts de Bordeaux, he was the director of the photographic services of L'Illustration, from their creation in 1926, and a major figure of the photography of the thirties, refusing tricks and photomontages, only the art of the photographer counted. Twenty-six black and white photographs reproduced in heliogravure by Aulard & Cie and printed on heavy paper. One double page per letter, on the right, a simple and realistic art shot and, on the left, the initial in red under two typographic forms and the caption of the photo in three languages: French, English, German. Rubbing on the covers and small lack at the foot of the spine.
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