Pianeta. Numero 56. Nereo Condini- Teatro Americano Recente.Franco Torriani- Marxismo e critica d'arte.Gruppo Ricerche pianeta- Alla scoperta dei Cow Boys. Grazia Navaretti Bartolini- I sette peccati capitali (+2).Roberto Lupo- Ancora il Marcello.Frank Franzi- Dopo la sistole.Gruppo Ricerche Pianeta- Lichtenberg: l'eretico della filosofia tedesca.G. De Turris e S. Fusco- La terra al centro della Terra.Mary Franco- la fotografia come opera d'arte.Renzo Rossotti- Il ritorno delle fate.Paolo Edoardo Fiora- Cinque braccia di croce.Emilio Locurcio- La generazione dei cantanti urbani.Maurizio Chatel- Per un estetica epistemica.Gianfranco de Turris- Le nuove frontiere della fantasia.Delfino Maria Rosso- Il cristianesimo e il disimpegno politico.R. D'Attilio- Il COntage.

New York, G.P.Putnam's Sons 1956, cm.22x28, pp.126, and 90 full-page art photos hardcover, dustjacket. First edition. Excerpt from the Foreword by Normal Hall: Andre de Dienes is one of the great photographers of these times. He is at once a mixture of restlessness and curiosity; he is a person of great sensitivity, a perfectionist who can never quite be satisfied. He has the drive and dedication of an artist and the technique of a master photographer. His success in nude photography - and, I honestly believe, he is the finest exponent of this difficult field in the world - depends on a combination of varied attributes and skill. Certainly, the nude is no subject for the dilettante; but de Dienes is a specialist of many years' experience. Elsewhere he tells something of the trouble he takes in the selection of models and location, the choice and arrangement of "props", the long wait - or rush, as the case may be - to catch the light just as he requires it for his purpose, the mental strain which accompanies the physical effort of a prolonged session. Unintentionally, too, he pays a considerable tribute to the Rolleiflex when he revels that all the pictures in this most notable selection were made by that versatile little camera.