ACEBES (Hector) — PHOTOS FROM AFRICA 1948–1953 - Lot 5

ACEBES (Hector) — PHOTOS FROM AFRICA 1948–1953 ACEBES (Hector). Photos from Africa, 1948–1953. Texts by Isolde Brielmaier and Ed Marquand. Paris, Le Pré aux Clercs, [2004]. ISBN 2-84228-203-5. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with a photographic dust jacket. Numerous black-and-white photographs, both full-page and spread across two pages. IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN AFRICA BETWEEN 1948 AND 1953. Hector Acebes undertook several photographic journeys in Africa at the turn of the 1950s. The book brings together his portraits, scenes of daily life, and landscapes taken primarily in Morocco and Guinea, offering a photographic record characteristic of this period. Beautiful imagery: close-up portraits, traditional costumes and adornments, architecture, landscapes, and travel scenes. Notably reproduced are *Woman, Morocco, 1948*, *Young Woman, Morocco, 1948*, and *Suspension Bridge, Guinea, 1953*. Condition: good copy. Some slight rubbing and signs of wear on the dust jacket; interior is in good condition.