Apropos Rodin

This is certainly a beautiful book and the text is interesting. The photographs in my opinion present an original view of Rodins work so that in places the marble really does resemble skin. My only reservation is that some of the photographs become so original as to completely mask Rodins work. This is fine if you want an alternative view but not if you are looking to understand the sculptor rather than the photographer.

The photographer should be shot, i wish people would get their egos out the way and let the work of this great artist shine. The book should be pulped.

Very interesting

I have a serious collection of Rodin books and look forward to every new one that is published, so I was anxious to get this book. Unfortunately the book is a major disappointment. While a few of the photographs are interesting, the majority are an embarrassment - no better, and often worse, than any museum goer could take with a simple point & shoot digital camera.It seems apparent that the photographer, Jennifer Gough-Cooper, was not given serious access for photographing the sculptures. She had to shoot through the glass display cases just like any museum goer and, for whatever reason, she does not use a polarizing filter. In many photographs the results are reflections which obliterate the sculpture itself, because of the reflections from the glass cases.And the "soft focus" of some of the photographs seems more attributable to using an auto focus camera and the problems of shooting through glass than any artistic decision. Of the many other Rodin books that I own, none has such poor photography though admittedly not all are of the high quality of David Finn's photographs.

This is an OK book. The pics are not crisp but the content is interesting.