{"product_id":"peter-beard-9783836530880","title":"Peter Beard","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\" id=\"description_text_headlines\"\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eInto the wild: Journey into the world of Peter Beard\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv\u003e\n\t\t \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_text\"\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\" id=\"description_text\"\u003e\n\t\tPhotographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Beard\u003c\/strong\u003e has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He was painted by \u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Bacon \u003c\/strong\u003eand painted on by \u003cstrong\u003eSalvador Dalí\u003c\/strong\u003e, he made diaries with \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/strong\u003e and toured with \u003cstrong\u003eTruman Capote\u003c\/strong\u003e and the\u003cstrong\u003e Rolling Stones\u003c\/strong\u003e—all of whom are brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. As a fashion photographer, he took \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e stars like \u003cstrong\u003eVeruschka\u003c\/strong\u003e to Africa and brought new ones—most notably \u003cstrong\u003eIman\u003c\/strong\u003e—back to the U.S. with him.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t \u003cbr\u003e\n\t\tAfter spending time in Kenya and striking up a friendship with the author \u003cstrong\u003eIsak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)\u003c\/strong\u003e in the early 1960s, Beard bought a piece of land near hers. He witnessed the dawn of Kenya’s population explosion, which challenged finite resources and stressed animal populations—including the starving elephants of Tsavo dying by the tens of thousands in a wasteland of eaten trees. So he documented what he saw—with diaries, photographs, and collages. He went against the wind in publishing unique and sometimes shocking books of these works. The corpses were laid bare; the facts carefully recorded, sometimes in type and often by hand. Beard uses his photographs as a canvas onto which he superimposes multi-layered contact sheets, ephemera, found objects, newspaper clippings that are elaborately embellished with meticulous handwriting, old-master inspired drawings and often swaths of animal blood used as paint.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t \u003cbr\u003e\n\t\tIn 2006 TASCHEN published the book that has come to define his oeuvre, signed by the artist and published in two volumes. It sold out instantly and became a highly sought after collector’s item. \u003cstrong\u003eNow the book you couldn’t get your hands on is available in one volume\u003c\/strong\u003e, a handsome hardcover edition revised by Nejma Beard with new images never published before.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e\n\t\t \u003c\/div\u003e\n\t\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e\n\t\tText in English, French, and German\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Peter Beard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48292064100603,"sku":"9783836530880","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_cc65c338-1141-4993-bb23-bae7990d29c1.jpg?v=1779995664","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/peter-beard-9783836530880","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}