{"product_id":"9783865214935","title":"Fabrik: A Photo Epos of Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003eJakob Tuggener's \u003ci\u003eFabrik\u003c\/i\u003e, published in Zurich in 1943, is a milestone in the history of the photography book. Its 72 images, in the expressionist aesthetic of a silent movie, impart a skeptical view of technological progress: at the time the Swiss military industry was producing weapons for World War II. Tuggener, who was born in 1904, had an uncompromisingly critical view of the military-industrial complex that did not suit his era. His images of rural life and high-society parties had been easy to sell, but \u003ci\u003eFabrik\u003c\/i\u003e found no publisher. And when the book did come out, it was not a commercial success. Copies were sold at a loss and some are believed to have been pulped. Now this seminal work, which has since become a sought-after classic, is being reissued with a contemporary afterword. In his lifetime, Tuggener's work appeared—at Robert Frank's suggestion—in Edward Steichen's \u003ci\u003ePost-War European Photography\u003c\/i\u003e and in The Museum of Modern Art's seminal exhibition, \u003ci\u003eThe Family of Man\u003c\/i\u003e, in whose catalogue it remains in print. Tuggener's death in 1988 left an immense catalogue of his life's work, much of which has yet to be shown: more than 60 maquettes, thousands of photographs, drawings, watercolors, oil paintings and silent films.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steidl\/Kunstmuseum Olten","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058987155696,"sku":"9783865214935","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783865214935_p0.jpg?v=1763699312","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783865214935","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}