Olympia
1994
$65.00
First edition of Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl (1994). Large format hardback in near fine condition. Wear to spine of book jacket and minor overall shelf wear. Please see photos for reference.
About
On August 1, 1936, in Berlin, to the sound of Hitler's opening words and hundreds of doves set a flight, the Summer Olympic Games began. Here were sixteen days of heroism, aesthetic and athletic perfection, and a triumph of determination and will - not least by the legendary artist Leni Riefenstahl.
The filmmaker and photographer was commissioned to document these spectacular games for posterity. Her film Olympia is one of the results of this experiment. The other is this volume, Olympia, a startling collection of images of athletes, of sport, and of intense drive resulting from these games.
