{"product_id":"eye-to-i-the-autobiography-of-a-photographer-9780500019078","title":"Eye to I: The Autobiography of a Photographer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEye to I: The Autobiography of a Photographer\u003c\/strong\u003e by Blumenfeld, Erwin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780500019078.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe life of Erwin Blumenfeld, one of the centurys best-known photographers, was by no means conventional. By turns acerbic, self-mocking, playful, even absurd, his autobiography is a compelling, virtuoso account of an extraordinary man. All his subjects--his Jewish family, the Germans, the Vichy French, his models, New York publishers--are dealt equal measures of wit, mockery, and merciless irony. He spares himself least of all. Born in turn-of-the-century Berlin, Blumenfeld was drafted to serve in the First World War, first as an ambulance driver (although he couldnt drive) and then as a bookkeeper in a field brothel, and he was awarded the Iron Cross for giving his sergeant French lessons. Between the wars he was part of an avant-garde circle that included such artists as Else L?asker-Schler, George Grosz, and members of the Dada movement. During the Second World War, Blumenfeld was interned in a series of French camps but eventually arrived in New York, where he found work with Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, producing many of their most memorable covers and becoming fashions highest-paid photographer. From the creator of some of the most striking and influential photographs ever taken, Blumenfelds autobiography--published here in English for the first time--is a biting and iconoclastic take on the century, and the insightful, gripping story of an exceptional life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253994741813,"sku":"ByrdShop_050001907X","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500019078_f2a07e5c-24e3-4768-a5f5-abd5bc39f7f6.jpg?v=1779952408","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/eye-to-i-the-autobiography-of-a-photographer-9780500019078","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}