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Don't kiss me; the art of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore are the pseudonyms of French surrealist photographer Lucy Schwoob and her lover and collaborator Suzanne Malherbe. Downie (Jersey Heritage Trust, Great Britain) edits this collection of seven essays on the pair and approximately 500 of their b&w photographs, displayed about three to a page. The essays offer biographical and artistic analysis; discuss works such as Cahun's `Héroïnes,' fifteen monologues putting new voices to women from myth and literature; and describe their anti- fascist activities in German-Occupied Jersey, Great Britain during WWII. The photographs include many portraits of the two as well as fellow surrealists including André Breton and Jacqueline Lamba, as well as Cahun's work in the theatre, still life, and other genres. The book concludes with art by Moore and lists of archives and manuscripts. This book is distributed by Distributed Art Publishers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Istanbul; city of a hundred names.

Award-winning photojournalist Webb presents his vision of the Turkish city of Istanbul in the form of some 200 full-color photographs. His photographic work in the city has been governed in no small part by his sense of Istanbul as a border city between Asia and Europe, between Islam and secularism, and between ancient and modern. Turkish novelist and Nobel Laureate Pamuk contributes an essay on the culture of Istanbul and hüzün (or melancholy). Distributed in the US by Distributed Art Publishers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)