BOUBAT (Édouard) - Lot 32

BOUBAT (Édouard) Les Boubat de Boubat. Paris, Belfond, [1989]. Large quarto, publisher’s illustrated hardcover, with a photographic dust jacket. First edition of this beautiful album conceived by Édouard Boubat (1923–1999), one of the leading figures of French humanist photography. The book was compiled by the photographer himself, who brings together a substantial selection of his most iconic images taken between the 1940s and 1980s: France, India, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Africa, Latin America, landscapes, portraits, scenes of childhood and travel. Unlike collective retrospectives, this volume constitutes a true photographic autobiography, organized according to Boubat’s vision and aesthetic choices. Magnificent heliogravure print on high-quality coated paper. Condition: a very fine copy; hardcover and interior in mint condition; dust jacket in fresh condition, with very slight signs of handling on the spine.