TASCHEN Peter Beard: An artist’s life magnified

Remembering Peter Beard on his birthday

A visionary artist who used photography, drawing,
and collage to document a vanishing world

Pioneering contemporary artist Peter Beard (1938–2020) turned his life in New York and on the African continent into a Gesamtkunstwerk; a collage of photography, ecology, and diary writing. In 2006, TASCHEN first published the book that has come to define his oeuvre, signed by the artist and published in two volumes. It sold out instantly and became a highly sought-after collector’s item. Now it is available in one large-format volume, along with an updated edition of his landmark publication on Africa’s wildlife crisis, The End of the Game.

Peter Beard in the Aberdares, Kenya, 1968.

Exhibition
January 25–May 08, 2021
Wild Life: Francis Bacon and Peter Beard
Ordovas, London