THE OPÉRA

Those in search for the essence of humanity will discover beauty and ugliness, light and shadow on the way towards it. For the eighth time, THE OPÉRA sets out to present the human body as it was created or independently formed and shaped. In their diverse works, the numerous photographers from all over the world once more share the same curiosity to explore human emotions. All of them, some reluctant and observing, others delightedly engaged and orchestrated, act out the great spectacle that is human existence.

THE OPÉRA – Volume VIII

Publisher: Kerber Verlag
Editor: Matthias Straub
Texts: Matthias Straub
Design: Romano Dudas
Release: October 2019
Size: 24 × 31 cm
Pages: 220
Language: English
Workmanship: Gatefold Brochure, 126 colored and 68 b/w illustrations
ISBN: 978-3-7356-0629-7
Price: 45.– Euro
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In a world full of confusion and debates about human identity, one truth always remains: Human beings are bound to their bodies and only their spirit can transcend these boundaries. In this sense, THE OPÉRA Volume VII is once again a search for the constraints on human corporeality and how they can be overcome by means of fantasy and knowledge. The numerous photographs and portraits strive to provide viewers’ powers of imagination with inspiring impulses, in which the narrative of being human is given unconventional perspectives. Since, at the root of art, this truth fundamentally also retains its validity: People are interested in people.

Artists: Agnès Lenglet (France), Anna Ritsch (Austria), Dario Salamone (Italy), Eric Kellermann (Netherlands), Gonzalo G. Bénard (Portugal), Marius Budu (Denmark), Pola Esther (Poland), Julia SH (Sweden), Thomas Sing (Germany) and many others

THE OPÉRA – Volume VII

Publisher: Kerber Verlag
Editor: Matthias Straub
Texts: Matthias Straub
Design: Romano Dudas
Release: October 2018
Size: 24 × 31 cm
Pages: 208
Language: English
Workmanship: Gatefold Brochure, paper, 147 colored and 44 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-3-7356-0463-7
Price: 40.– Euro
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The magazine for classic and contemporary nude photography returns with a vibrant compilation of the most beautiful works from the field of the most intimate form of portrait photography. In selecting the works, it was important to the editor Matthias Straub to curate a bridge between the traditional approach to the human body and new, unusual perspectives. In the current edition, there are therefore both abstract works and also very classical nude studies. The familiar structuring of the magazine into the five acts of the opera, according to Gustav Freytag, guides viewers through the photos selected as a content-related leitmotiv.

THE OPÉRA – Volume VI

Publisher: Kerber Verlag
Editor: Matthias Straub
Texts: Matthias Straub
Design: Romano Dudas
Release: September 2017
Size: 24 × 31 cm
Pages: 208
Language: Englisch
Workmanship: Gatefold Brochure, bound, 151 colored and 28 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-3-7356-0396-8
Price: 38.– Euro
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