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White, Herbert C. (Photography); Hu Shih (Introduction)
Peking The Beautiful
Shanghai: The Commercial Press Limited 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Elephant Folio. 154 1pp. Original Royal Blue brocade with lettering imagery and decorative frame woven into covers; housed in custom-made black cloth slipcase. Frontispiece. Historiated initials at acknowledgments introduction and preface historiated initials and endpiece drawings on text pages. Comprising Seventy Photographic Studies of the Celebrated Monuments of China's Northern Capital and Its Environs Complete with Descriptive and Historical Notes. Introduction by Dr. Hu Shih. Printed in b/w collotype.<br /> <br /> Working as missionaries for eight years the White brothers Herbert Clarence and John Henry took more than four thousand photographs of the city establishing schools to train young Chinese men and women in employable skills. "Students were taught to print and hand-color their photographs in oil. after 1930 the brothers relocated themselves and their publishing concern to ST. Helena California. The sepia photos in this volume each highlighted by a decorative border and captioned simply in Chinese only are described extensively on facing pages in English. The "northern capital" of the subtitle is Bejing referencing the shift of 1927 when the Republicans moved the seat of government to Nanjing southern capital". It was returned to Bejing in 1937 ending the so-called "Nanjing Decade." This decade roughly corresponds to the period when the White brothers lived in Bejing and photographed a truly beautiful–and now irreparably altered–incarnation of the city that is known today almost solely through old photographs such as theirs." Parr & Lundgren The Chinese Photobook pages 44-47.<br /> <br /> An exceptional copy of this intricate photographic homage to the Forbidden City. Slipcase near perfect. Spine lightly cocked and light scuffing with some very light foxing on endpapers and foredge. The Commercial Press, Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51953
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Parr, Martin (Photography); Jochen Siemens; Axel Hutte (Texts)
Martin Parr: Spezial Fotografie. Stern Portfolio Nr. 36 SIGNED
Hamburg: Gruner Jahr AG 2004. First edition. Softcover. Fine condition. 9140/10000. Large Folio. 93 1pp. Original wraps with photomontage in color whit and red lettering. Special interest series on photography by the German magazine STERN introducing a world renown photographer in each issue. The series was published between 1996 and 2014 75 issues. Signed by Martin Parr on his 2000 self portrait on page five.<br /> <br /> This issue is dedicated to Martin Parr with contributions by Jochen Siemens "His Secret is His Eye" followed by full page color reproductions of photographs by Martin Parr taken in Germany Great Britain and worldwide. The final section "Meditations With the Camera" with photographs by Martin Parr and text by Axel Hütte. Printed subscription card laid in. Gruner + Jahr AG unknown
Bookseller reference : 52241 ISBN : 3570194450 9783570194454
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Araki, Nobuyoshi (Photography); Germano Celant (Preface)
Tokyomania
Paris: Galerie Kamel Mennour 2000. First edition. Softcover. Near fine condition. Quarto. 96pp. Original photo-illustrated stiff wraps with red lettering on cover and spine. Photo-illustrated front endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. "Araki's formative years were spent in 60s Japan; a world in which all that was sexual was obscured and silenced. In order to break free from this realm of sexual complexes and denial he began taking photographs that burst virulently out of the confines of it somber nocturnal world. Using only his camera he captured this world's darkness and repression which were to become both his virtue and his vice." Germano Celant. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w white photographs aiming to break through the oppressive societal limitations. Text in French Japanese and English. Minor wear. Galerie Kamel Mennour unknown
Bookseller reference : 52189 ISBN : 2914171048 9782914171045
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Ruzicka, D. J. (Photography); Christian A. Peterson; Daniela Mrazkova (Text)
The Modern Pictorialism of D. J. Ruzicka
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts / Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Quarto. 111pp. Original black cloth with silver-stamped design and lettering on cover in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with black lettering on cover. Frontispiece portrait photograph.<br /> <br /> "Drahomir Joseph Ruzicka a Manhattan physician was prominent among the pictorialists who acquired their reputations after World War I. Known throughout his photographic career as Dr. D. J. Ruzicka he began showing his work in the 1910s and by the next decade had become a recognized salon exhibitor. He was a founding member of such groups as the Pictorial Photographers of America and the Pittsburgh Salon and an inspiration to camera clubs throughout the country. New York City was his favorite subject and his images of the interior of Pennsylvania Station always depicted with shafts of volume-defining sunlight became something of a trademark." Peterson.<br /> <br /> Illustrated with forty-nine striking full page photographs including three double page plus a few in-text. The selection includes 'monumental' photographs taken in Prague Venice Rome at the Pennsylvania Railway Station in New York the Brooklyn Bride etc. but also idyllic scenes in 'romantic' settings landscapes as well as 'street photography' e.g. depicting a family watching a parade passing by or a blind couple in Venice. Contains chronology and bibliography at rear. Text in English and Czech. Very light wear along edges of dustjacket else in fine condition. Minneapolis Institute of Arts / Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52269 ISBN : 0912964413 9780912964416
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Roszak, Theodore (Photography); Beth Urdang (Introduction; Joan Marter (Chronology)
Photograms
New York: Zabriskie Editions 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine to fine condition. 1/1000. Quarto. 58 2pp. Original black cloth with white lettering on spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket white and black lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph.<br /> <br /> "One of the more charming aspects of Theodore Roszak's constructions of the 1930s and 40s was his Jules Verne-like fascination with outer space. All the sculptures he produced between the Wars affirmed this commitment to modernism and the positivist ideologies which perceived science and technology as humanist instruments of enduring social value." Urdang.<br /> <br /> Roszak's photograms featured in this volume related closely to his sculptures the artist preferred not to share quite so openly. But as a committed Bauhaus deciple Roszak shared its interpretations of photography and film as "productive arts." Illustrated with twenty-four full page photograms in high-quality duotone offset and some in-text reproductions of his work. Contains section listing his work in public collections exhibition history honors and awards as well as Roszak's affiliations. Includes brief bios of Urdang and Marter. Very light wear along edges of dustjacket. Zabriskie Editions hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52270
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Sudek Josef Photography; Anna Farova et al Essays
Josef Sudek: Sixty Pigment Prints
New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Quarto. 160pp. Original brown paper-covered boards photo-illustrated in color with off-white lettering on cover and spine. Peach-colored endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Sixty Pigment Prints from the Artist's Estate with essays by Anna Fárová Josef Sudek Ian Jeffrey Josef Sudek in Prague Barbara Michaels On Sudek and Music Martin Peretz Stalked by Shadows and Katherine Porter Impression of the Photography of Josef Sudek. This catalog accompanied an exhibition from October 1 to 31 1998 at the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries New York. Illustrated with sixty plates of reproductions of pigment prints by Josef Sudek. Contains Biography bibliography and exhibition history at rear. Minor wear. Salander-O'Reilly Galleries hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52271
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Schneider Gary Photography; Deborah Martin Kao Text
John in Sixteen Parts SIGNED LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER WITH SIGNED LIMITED ORIGINAL PRINT WITH Limited Edition
New York: P.P.O.W. Gallery 1997. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. 102/210. Unpaginated 12 leaves. Original black cloth with silver lettering on covers and spine. <br /> <br /> "In primal images that seduce the viewer with their luminescent surfaces Schneider enlists the photographic process–from its chemistry and materials to questions of the very nature of light and time–as the conceptual linchpin to his work. His most challenging and complex portrait photograph to date John in Sixteen Parts can be interpreted as the culmination of the artist's intense efforts to reinvigorate the portrait genre. Here Schneider stretches the boundaries of portraiture and questions traditional notions of identity in photographic representation." Martin Kao.<br /> <br /> Illustrated with sixteen plates of b/w photographs three of them double page. Printed in an edition of one thousand copies with two hundred and ten case bound signed and numbered. The model for these close-ups was John Erdmann. Printed by Mercantile Printing Company of Worcester Massachusetts. Production design by Alan Weller Boston. Design by Martin Bondell New York.<br /> <br /> WITH<br /> <br /> Schneider Gary. John in Sixteen Parts. 1997. Signed limited edition print of Part # 7 20/20; close-up of the model John Erdman's right eye by South African born American photographer Gary Schneider. Scarce.<br /> <br /> WITH<br /> <br /> Schneider Gary. John in Sixteen Parts. 1997. 1/1000. Original white wraps in original stiff white wraps with black lettering on cover. Content as in limited edition hardcover. Dustjacket lightly age-toned. P.P.O.W. Gallery hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52205 ISBN : 1887593063 9781887593069
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Goldberg, Jim (Text and Photography)
Rich And Poor SIGNED
New York: Random House 1985. First edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Signed Jim Goldberg on half-title. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated stiff glossy white wraps with blue and reverse white lettering on cover blue and black lettering on spine; only issued as paperback. Two frontispiece photos. With an epilog by Jim Goldberg. Scarce. Andrew Roth The Book of 101 Books pages 250/251. <br /> <br /> Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs and handwritten captions throughout. With autobiographical epilog by Goldberg. "The photographs in this book constitute a shocking and gripping portrait of contemporary America. Jim Goldberg's photographs of rich and poor people with the subjects' own handwritten comments about themselves on the prints give us an inside look at the American dream at both ends of the social scale. His pictures reveal his subjects' innermost fears and aspirations their perceptions and illusions about themselves with a frankness that makes the portraits as engrossing as they are disturbing." Spalding Gray. Some of these pictures were exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1984. Wraps lightly age-toned and rubbed. Interior in very good condition. Random House unknown
Bookseller reference : 49894
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Hamann, Horst (Photography); Roger Willemsen; Thomas C. Breuer (Essays)
America
Mannheim: Edition Panorama GmbH 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Very good- to fine condition. Oblong Quarto. 8pp. 70 plates 10pp. Original tan cloth with color print laid to cover gray lettering on spine. Black endpapers. Illustrated with seventy striking panorama photographs in color. "Horst Hamann's views of America condense the view which is aware of the surrounding acceleration the volatility the transience. They also track down the country where its iconography appears in tatters where under the wandering gaze in the arrangement of objects in the horizontal seemingly inconspicuous places can also have a dramatic impact." Roger Willemsen. Text in German and English. Light wear along edges of binding lightly rubbed block in fine condition. Edition Panorama GmbH hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51969 ISBN : 389823455x 9783898234559
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Owens, Bill (Photography); Sofia Coppola (Foreword); Gregory Crewdson(Introduction)
Leisure INSCRIBED
New York: Fotofolio 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Oblong Quarto. 119 1pp. Original photo-illustrated boards with orange and yellow lettering on cover and spine. Yellow endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Inscribed "Marla thank you for your help in bringing my career back Bill Owens."<br /> <br /> "Bill Owen's photographic sensibility is straightforward and direct. He approached the subject of suburbia and its inhabitants in an almost non-descript style. This neutrality is of course deceptive. Collectively the photographs reveal a highly subjective and complex narrative viewpoint. The pictures oscillate between irony and admiration absurdity and sadness and truth and fiction." Crewdson. Illustrated with color and b/w photographs. Minor wear along edges of binding and very lightly rubbed. Fotofolio hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52003 ISBN : 1584180749 9781584180746
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Epstein Mitch Photography; Eliot Weinberger Essay
Mitch Epstein Work SIGNED
Göttingen: Steidl 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Quarto. 269 2pp. Original tan cloth with red lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket brown and black lettering on spine. Signed by Epstein on title page. With DVD of Epstein's film DAD in plastic pouch on inside back cover as issued.<br /> <br /> Profusely illustrated with color photographs by Mitch Epstein throughout presented in five categories: Common Practice Vietnam The City Family Business and American Power. With an essay by Elliot Weinberger list of plates exhibition and publishing history filmography and biography at rear. Very light wear along edges of dustjacket. Steidl hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52004 ISBN : 3865212816 9783865212818
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(Photography: Sino-Japanese War; Shanghai)
The Sino-Japanese War in Shanghai
Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald LTD 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated 48pp. Original tan cloth over illustrated boards with red lettering on cover. Inside cover with two maps of the Shanghai-Woosing area.<br /> <br /> "This album of vies of the Sino-Japanese conflict at Shanghei consists pricipally of views taken in the field by Chinese Japanese and British photographers. few restrictions were place upon the free movement of accredited photographers during the operations and in this sense it is a unique record of modern war at close quarters. a preponderance of photographs of Japanese in the field. This is because the dirft of the operation was outwards from the Settlement boundaries with the Japapnese between the Foreign Settlements and the opposing Chinese forces making the Chinese linse difficult to access." Preface.<br /> <br /> Profusely illustrated with striking views of Shanhai including areal photographs before the conflict photographs of the mobilization the refugees the battles itself and the distruction of the city. The page next to last offers a few photographs of the new capitol Loyang. At times caustic cartoons illustrate critical moments of the conflict on the last page and inside back cover. Binding with light wear along edges cloth lightly rubbed. First page with repaired small chip at top edge. Pages in block lightly rubbed. North-China Daily News & Herald, LTD hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52046
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Listri, Massimo (Photography); Simone Bischoff; Maria Olivieri (Texts)
Grand interiors
Kempen Germany: teNeues 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Large Folio. 238 2pp. Original red velvet covers with gilt lettering on cover and spine in heavy photo-illustrated dustjackt with blue lettering on spine. Red endpapers.<br /> <br /> Profusely illustrated with magnificent full page color photographs of magnificent interiors throughout. Includes photos of castles and palaces museums and galleries and libraries. Contains descriptive illustrated index at rear. Very light wear along edges and small chip at front joint of dustjacket else in fine condition. teNeues hardcover
Bookseller reference : 52092 ISBN : 3832796282 9783832796280
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Mulder Frank de Photography; Joelle Verstraeten
Glorious INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DE MULDER AND VERSTRAETEN
Kempen Germany: teNeues 2013. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very good- to fine condition. Folio. Unpaginated. Original black photo-illustrated boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket gilt lettering on spine. Black endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Inscribed to Marla signed Frank and also signed Frank de Mulder and Joëlle Verstraeten on title page.<br /> <br /> "This is an ode to woman which is why I have named it Glorious. I love women and all their characteristics. I love their pride but also their doubt and their vulnerability their strength and seductive radiance. I'm forever fascinated by the work of capturing all of this in pictures." de Mulder. Contains color pictures of Love Hotel a photographic peepshow and the brief interview with Joëlle Verstraeten. Profusely illustrated with full page color and b/w photographs of seductive scantily clad or nude women. Contains catalog of photographs included at rear thumbnail format.<br /> <br /> Text in English German Dutch French and Spanish. Dustjacket with light exposure to water on upper inside front flap of dustjacket. Binding with half and inch closed tear at top of front joint of cover. teNeues hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51768 ISBN : 3832797300 9783832797300
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Owens, Bill (Photography); Claudia Zanfi (Ed.); A. M. Homes (Introduction)
Bill Owens Photographs INSCRIBED
Bologna: Damiani Editore 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Large Quarto. 223 1pp. Original boards photo-illustrated in color with white and red lettering on cover white on red spine. Black endpapers. Inscribed "For Marla My # 1 Fan Bill Owens 2012" on title page. With an introductory dialogue by A. M. Holmes. Profusely illustrated with mostly full page b/w and color photographs presented in chapters covering the riots at San Francisco University 1967-68 Altamont 1968 Shots from the Taxi Cab 1967-68 Suburbia 1970-72 Our Kind of People 1969-75 Working I do it for the Money 1975-77 Leisure: Americans at Play 1973-80 115 Days. A Photographer Journey across America 2003 and New Suburbia Hayward 2006-2007. Contains list of exhibitions and publications at rear. Binding lightly rubbed andunidentified fluid soaked into left corner of front cover. Damiani Editore hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51815
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Owens Bill Photography; Claudia Zanfi Ed.; A. M. Homes Introduction
Bill Owens Photographs INSCRIBED
Bologna: Damiani Editore 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Large Quarto. 223 1pp. Original boards photo-illustrated in color with white and red lettering on cover white on red spine. Black endpapers. Inscribed "For Marla Bill Owens" on title page. With an introductory dialogue by A. M. Holmes. Profusely illustrated with mostly full page b/w and color photographs presented in chapters covering the riots at San Francisco University 1967-68 Altamont 1968 Shots from the Taxi Cab 1967-68 Suburbia 1970-72 Our Kind of People 1969-75 Working I do it for the Money 1975-77 Leisure: Americans at Play 1973-80 115 Days. A Photographer Journey across America 2003 and New Suburbia Hayward 2006-2007. Contains list of exhibitions and publications at rear. Binding lightly rubbed and some unidentified fluid dripped vertically along cover near soine; corners bumped. Damiani Editore hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51816
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Benson, Harry (Photography & Text)
The Beatles In the Beginning SIGNED
New York: Universe 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Square Quarto 10 1/2". 125 3pp. Original black cloth with silver lettering on spine; in original photo-illustrated dustjacket black lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Photo-illustrated double title page with white lettering. Signed "Harry Benson -1996- " on half-title.<br /> <br /> "The innocence and enthusiasm of the Beatles on their first world tour is captured in stunning black and white photography by the acclaimed photographer Harry Benson. Accompanying the Beatles on their tour in 1964 Benson captures their most unguarded and private moments–composing in a Paris hotel room opening fan mail swimming at the beach. the Beatles–appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show." Publisher. Dustjacket and binding with light wear along edges small chips on back cover and very light fraying at foredge dj lightly rubbed. Universe hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51829 ISBN : 0876636423 9780876636428
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Gibson, Ralph (Photography & Text); Gilles Mora (Text)
Passé Imparfait. La Route de devenir photographe Past Imperfect. The Road to Becoming a Photographer SIGNED
Contrejour. Hardcover. Very good- to fine condition. Folio. 108 4pp. Original whit photo-illustrated boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Light blue endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Signed Ralph Gibson on title page.<br /> <br /> ". I can still recall how desperately confused I was as a young man trying to become a photographer. My initial desire had been to do fashion photography and once discharged from the navy I was going to study at the Art Center of Los Angeles. But a friend then invited me up to San Francisco for a party the weekend at the California School of Fine Arts. I was happy to accept the invitation and really ha a good time at the party. So I immediately decided to more to San Francisco and go to school there. These early photographs from this period 1960-1963 appear to me now in some ways interesting with the passing of time." Gibson.<br /> <br /> Profusely illustrated with full page b/w photographs throughout. With texts by Gibson and Gilles Mora. Text in French and English. Very light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. Interior fine. Contrejour hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51831 ISBN : 9791090294057 9791090294
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Alvarez Bravo, Manuel (Photography); Guillermo Sheridan; Rose Shoshana (Epilog)
The Eyes In His Eyes
Los Angeles: RoseGallery 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original burgundy half-cloth over red paper-covered boards with color print laid to cover and yellow lettering on cover and spine. Yellow endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Profusely illustrated with full-page b/w photographs throughout including three color and seven duotone photographs. Contains essay by Guillermo Sheridan and epilog by Rose Shoshana at rear. Catalog with thumbnail photographs at rear. Text in Spanish and English. RoseGallery hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51253 ISBN : 1933045604 9781933045603
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Kellner Thomas Photography; Gerhard Gluher Introduction
Monumente / Monuments
Cologne: Verlag Locher 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Quarto. 63 1pp. Original white boards with color photomontage on covers black lettering on cover and spine. Half-title design. Frontispiece. <br /> <br /> "May we describe Thomas Kellner's works as architectural photographs Yes and no for on the one hand they depict nothing other than buildings and after all buildings are an essential concept of architecture – while on the other they put the depicted items into question through the manner in which the photographs are taken. As photographs the buildings are complete but as architecture they are a series of fragments. Thomas Kellner symbolically destroys his objects but he does not stand and grin maliciously in front of the heap of rubble. Instead he creates something new out of that rubble and asks the oracle what the scattered bones that is the fragments of his buildings and bank notes mean for him and for us." Gerhard Glüher. <br /> <br /> Illustrated with color and b/w montages of photographs. With biographical notes exhibition history and list of photographs included at rear. Text in English and German. Binding lightly rubbed. Verlag Locher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51290 ISBN : 3930054426 9783930054428
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Vergara, Camilo Jose (Photography); Helena Zinkham (Foreword); Gisela Parak (Text)
Tracking Time – Documenting America's Post-Industrial Cities INSCRIBED
Bielefeld Germany: Kerber Verlag 2014. First edition. Very good- to very good condition. Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated boards with black lettering on cover white on spine. Inscribed "For Marla Camilo José Vergara 2015" on half-title. <br /> <br /> "The Museum für Photographie Braunschweig has assembled an impressive selection of 180 photographs from throughout Vergara's career. The exhibition and catalogue seek to reveal both the motivation and the impact of Vergara's work and show us how these powerful images can change our own understanding of urban ghettos. The selected images also reflect the special themes that drew Vergara's attention even as he continued to concentrate on his main goal of tracking change over time." Zinkham.<br /> <br /> Illustrated with striking photographs of Harlem South Bronx Camden New Jersey West Madison Street Chicago Newark New Jersey and Old New York 1970-1973; murals from Los Angeles Detroit Brooklyn and extended sections devoted to Skid Row Los Angeles and Detroit by night. Contains biographical notes and exhibition history at rear. Binding lightly rubbed with some pages dog-eared at top foredge. Kerber Verlag unknown
Bookseller reference : 51894 ISBN : 3735600352 9783735600356
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Tress, Arthur (Photography); Richard Lorenz (Text)
Fantastic Voyage. Photographs 1956–2000 SIGNED
Boston: Little Brown and Company 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Good to very good condition. Square Quarto. 200pp. Original black cloth with bronze lettering on cover and spine in photo-illustrated dustjacket white and gray lettering on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Photograph on half-title. Photo-illustrated double title page. Signed Arthur Tress on half-title.<br /> <br /> Illustrated with 274 photographs 55 in color 180 in duotone 39 in black & white. A retrospective on the work of Arthur Tress b. 1940 oneof themost prolific and diversified art photographers working in America. "Tress's work above all else reveals a personal approach to photography. continually reinvents itself while it ponders universal archetypes and myths." Publisher. Contains chronology and bibliography at rear. Dustjacket with light wear along edges small chips. Title page with very light offsetting from photo on facing page. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51912 ISBN : 0821226002 9780821226001
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Muniz, Vik (Photography); James Elkins; Moacir Dos Anjos; Shelley Rice (Texts)
Vik Muniz. Incomplete Works
Rio De Janeiro: Edicoes Biblioteca National 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Square Quarto. 299 1pp. Original color-illustrated boards with red lettering on spine in original glassine dustjacket white lettering on spine. Color-illustrated endpapers. Typographical design on double title page. First illustrated book dedicated to the work of Vik Muniz published in Brazil. Design by Victor Burton and Angelo Allevato Bottino.<br /> <br /> "Among contemporary artists Vik Muniz's work is exemplary. He makes photographs of materials such as ash sugar chocolate and wire. Before he photographs them the materials themselves are made into images. And the images are often taken from previous images and occasionally even photographs. The ash picks out a painting by Caspar David Friedrich; the chocolate traces one of Namuth's photos of Pollock painting; the dirt is scraped and molded into an imitation of Coubert's 'Origin of the World.'" James Elkins. <br /> <br /> Profusely illustrated with photographs of Muniz's uncanny photographs of 'objects' throughout including early works individuals pictures of thread of soil of wire sugar children pictures of ink pillows beggars of dust of clouds and other Muniz creations. Contains bio and bibliography at rear. Text in Portuguese and English. Glassine jacket with light wear along edges small chip and closed tear at head of spine. Edicoes Biblioteca National hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51902 ISBN : 8533302789 9788533302785
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Chi, Tseng Kwong (Photography); Richard Martin (Text); Kyoichi Tsuzuki (Ed.)
Tseng Kwong Chi Art Random
Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin International 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Small Folio. Unpaginated. Clear foil photo-illustrated boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Gray-brown endpapers. Forty-four b/w photographs most of them full page three double page and eight in groups of four per page depicting the photographer in front of monuments icons and panoramas as the Monument Valley the Grand Canyon or the Coliseum in Rome all three double page or Disneyland Cape Canaveral or the Twin Towers in New York representing the confrontation of the contemporary photographer with the historic past or present. Text in English and Japanese. With small white tag on front cover reading "For Reference Only." Very light wear of binding block in fine condition. Kyoto Shoin International hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51453 ISBN : 4763685546 9784763685544
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Chan, Thesues (dir. and editor); Caleb Ming (photography); alsoDominie (design and construction)
Werk No.20: Ginza. The Extremities of the Printed Matter Werk Magazine
Singapore: Work 2012. First edition. Softcover. Fine. 1/1000.Small folio. Unpaginated approx. 300 pages. Printed beige wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Orange spine. Front and back wrappers intentionally "individually and uniquely aged" and torn for the publication by the creators. The 20th issue of the scarce Singaporean avant-garde art and photography periodical. The series was published semi-annually starting in 2000 under the direction of acclaim graphic designer Theseus Chan and continuing until the present. This issues examines the design of the previously released issues of the magazine and explores themes relating to printed materials. Each issue was printed in a limited run of only 800 to 1000 copies. The magazine won a D&AD Wood Pencil Award in 2013. In fine condition and protected in modern mylar. Work unknown
Bookseller reference : 51616
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Photography: Italy; Palestine
Unique Photo Album of a Jewish Couple's Trip Through Northern Italy to Palestine and Back w/ 420 Original Photographs
NP 1930. Original photographs. Hardcover. vg to near fine. Small Oblong Quarto. 48 pages of tissue-guarded original photographs. Original string-bound decorative cloth in tan and pink. This photo-album containing at total of 420 b/w photographs documents the trip of an unidentified Jewish couple likely from Switzerland or Germany through northern Italy a sea voyage to Palestine and then back to Europe through the Adriatic. Each photograph measures approximately 2.5 x 3.5 to 3.5 x 4.5". Each page is tissue-guarded. No less than 250 photos were taken in Palestine.<br /> <br /> Many of the details of the trip and locals are hard to identify given that none of the photographs are captioned. The first images show the train stain at Lucerne Switzerland awaiting a train to Milan. This is followed by images of Milan including many photos of the famed Milan Cathedral. From there the trip proceeded to Venice with numerous views of the canals and St. Mark's Basilica. There they seem to have boarded a ship to Palestine. Numerous photographs depict life on the boat with images of fellow passengers on deck a Star of David Flag and even some delightful images of dolphins swimming alongside the boat. The couple disembarked in Tel Aviv/Jaffa and once there we see numerous images of Old Jaffa and the old port. <br /> <br /> Many of the following images taken throughout Palestine are difficult to identify as there are no captions but at least some content can be discerned including the Dead Sea Jerusalem including the Old City the East Jerusalem area the Dome of the Rock/Al-Aqsa Mosque Rachel's Tomb Haifa the Galilee region including the Sea of Galilee and Kibbutz life. Many images throughout have an endearing personal touch showing encounters with various friends local residents and shop owners. One images shows the men smoking hookahs. The couple later depart from Palestine by boat and return to southern Europe via the Adriatic. A number of the later images here depict the picturesque Croatian coast including the ancient and often visited city of Split.<br /> <br /> The binding the interior and the images are all clean and in very good shape very good to near fine condition overall. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50535
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Hosoe, Eikoh (細江 英公, photography); Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, preface by); Mark Holborn (Epilog)
Ba Ra Kei: Ordeal by Roses. Photographs of Yukio Mishima SIGNED BY HOSOE
New York: Aperture Foundation 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Folio. Unpaginated. Original light purple cloth with vertical oval silver paper on cover silver lettering on spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket with yellow and blue lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Gilt emblem and lettering on red title page. Signed by photographer Eikoh Hosoe on front endpaper. Preface by Yukio Mishima photographer's note by Eikoh Hosoe and epilog by Mark Holborn.<br /> <br /> "Yukio Mishima the most renowned writer in postwar Japan shocked the whole world with his suicide in 1970. His ritual death created shock waves that drew more attention in the West than the sublime quality of his prose. Shortly before his suicide he worked closely with Eikoh Hosoe the celebrated photographer to prepare a monumental edition of their epic achievement Barakei. This book is the first Western edition of that extraordinary collaboration between a visionary genius and a brilliant photographer. Aperture Foundation hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51230 ISBN : 0893811696 9780893811693
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Bell, Larry (text); Thomas P. Vinetz (photography)
Chairs in Space
Taos NM: Webb Design Studio 1984. Softcover. very good -. Square quarto 9". 148pp. Yellow photographic wrappers lettered in black some old soiling at fore-edge. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white photos and diagrams. Inscribed and signed on the title page by Larry Bell dated 1985.<br /> <br /> "Chess poker and Monopoly all have one thing in common -- when someone wins someone loses. In my game the participants are observers. observation is the essence of this game." Larry Bell. Webb Design Studio unknown
Bookseller reference : 51682 ISBN : 0917625013 9780917625015
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Beijer, Dick (landscape artist); Hans Fonk (photography); Ric van Kemper (text)
Garden Art = Tuinkunst = l'Art du Jardin = Gartenkunst
Netherlands: Uitgeverij Terra 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Square quarto 10". Unpaginated approx. 180 pages. Title and text in English French German and Dutch. Photographic dust jacket with dark green spine lettered in white over black cloth lettered in silver. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs most full-page. Hint of shelf wear at bottom edge of dust jacket otherwise a fine copy. Uitgeverij Terra hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51109 ISBN : 9062559867 9789062559862
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Valles, Joan Prats (editor); Maria Lluisa Borras (text); Yukio Futagawa (photography)
Arquitectura Contemporánea Japonesa. Contemporary Japanese Architecture. Architecture Japonaise Contemporaine. Moderne Architektur in Japan
Barcelona: Ediciones Polgrafa 1970. First multi-language edition. Hardcover. Very good /very good . Small square quarto 8-1/4". Title and text in Spanish English French and German. 103 1pp. of text followed by 124pp. of photographs a few in color 4pp. of architectural drawings and 4 foldout descriptions of the plates in each language. Pictorial color photo dust jacket white spine lettered in black over off-white cloth. Binding with the faintest hint of foxing. Dust jacket with very minor wear at extremities.<br /> <br /> A volume of the publisher's "Fotoscop" collection. Ediciones Polgrafa hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51130
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Sudek, Josef (Photography) Zdenek Kirschner (Text)
Josef Sudek. Vyber Fotografii Z Celozivotniho Dila Choose A Photo From A Lifetime's Work
Prague: Praha Panorama 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Quarto. 157 21pp. Original black cloth with debossed ruling and debossed S in red on cover red lettering on spine; in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with black lettering and red facsimile signature on cover. Black endpapers. Photo-illustrated half-title with Sudek facsimile signature in red.<br /> <br /> Profusely illustrated with full page b/w photographs throughout and some photographs in text. First Sudek publication publish posthumously in Czechoslovakia published via the Art and Industry Museum in Prague by his sister. The selection of more than fifty photographs is based on the cycles by which Josef Sudek organized his work. Contains biographical data publications exhibition history and list of images at rear. Text in Czech summary at rear in Czech German English and French. Dustjacket with light wear along edges. Starting at half title and following seven pages partially loose from top to middle of page. Praha Panorama hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51265
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Smeesters, Hilde (text); Jo Pauwels (photography)
Luxury living by B Villas
Enghien Belgium: Beta - Plus 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Folio 13-3/4" x 11". 192pp. 3 column parallel text in English French and Dutch. Color photo dust jacket white spine lettered in black over blind stamped black cloth. Profusely illustrated with color photos of homes interiors and exteriors. <br /> <br /> B Villas is a real estate firm that bulds and renovates homes.<br /> <br /> Contents of book: Foreword The luxury of peace of mind -- Selected works -- Restoration with retention of authenticity -- An ideal house for a young family -- A sea of space -- A house with many faces -- A modern cottage with an authentic aura -- A feel of spaciousness given by simple adjustments -- Timeless transparency -- Open and still intimate rest on a sun-drenched slope -- Perfect harmony in all elements -- A spacious house with many functions -- A house where friends are welcome -- A unique house full of surprises -- An ascetic outside with a warm heart -- Timeless charm in a rustic oasis of peace and quiet -- The sanctuary of an inner courtyard in a modern villa -- A new house with an old soul. OCLC. Beta - Plus hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51015
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Winlock, H. E.; Ludlow Bull (Ed.); Harry Burton (Photography)
The Tomb of Queen Meryet-Amun at Thebes
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1932. First edition. Softcover. g- to near fine. 1/500. Folio. xi 96pp. xlvi plates with tissue guards. Original light brown wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece with printed tissue guard. Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition. Plans by Walter Hauser and catalog by Charlotte R. Clark.<br /> <br /> "It is the policy of the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to publish the results of its excavations only when they are complete and when there is a fair assurance that its future excavations will not produce further related material. In this volume are described the original burial of Meryet-Amun in the Eighteenth Dynasty; two robberies and two restorations of her tomb in the Twenty-first Dynasty; and the funeral of the Princess Entiu-ny probably a daughter of King Pay-nudem I." Preface.<br /> <br /> Illustrated with in-text line drawings and forty-six plates with lithographs of plans reproductions of photographs depicting artifacts all with captioned tissue guards. Wraps with some wear along edges and spine here with loss of text at the top some closed tears and cracks at bottom of spine. Front and back cover with closed tears some seven inches at front four at back. Block lightly age-toned but tight. Interior clean. Wrappers in good- interior near fine condition overall. Wrappers protected in modern mylar. Metropolitan Museum of Art unknown
Bookseller reference : 50946
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Lyon, Marcus (photography); Iata Cannabrava; Martin Barnes; Lilia Moritz Schwarcz; Lygia da Veiga Pereira (text)
Somos Brasil SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER
Sao Paulo Brazil: Editora Madalena: ImageMagica 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 13" x 10-1/4". 520pp. Triple column text. Black cloth spine over flexible black covers stamped in darker black. Housed in a heavy pictorial gray cloth portfolio stamped in black & white. Illustrated with 107 full-page color portraits Marcus Lyon himself is portrait #107. Inscribed and signed on a black preliminary leaf in white ink by Marcus Lyon dated 03/14/2018. Text in Portuguese. A fine as new copy.<br /> <br /> Abstract: Winter 2016/17 saw the Somos Brasil project move to the next level with the final production of the book and the design of the Exhibition. After soft launches in the Guardian BBC and Globoœs G1 the project now launches on March 9th at Centro Brasileiro Britânico in São Paulo. This ground-breaking project has moved on at pace over the winter months with the final book designed by Jim Sutherland & Alice Tosey of Studio Sutherl& ready to ship in March. Lyon has also created an image activated app produced by Matt Hill with Calvium in Bristol UK to augment the show and images. In addition ancestoral DNA analysis of all the nominated subjects has been supplied by Family Tree DNA lab in Houston Texas. The book is published by Estudio Madelena Brazilian premier photographic publishing group in conjunction with award-winning production house ImageMagica. <br /> <br /> Contents: A pátria na palma da mão. Somos Brasil corpo alma e coração -- A invisibilidade das origens: Somos Brasil por Marcus Lyon = The invisibility of origins: Somos Brasil by Marcus Lyon / Martin Barnes -- Somos Brasil / Marcus Lyon -- Quem tem medo da identidade = Who is afraid of identity / Lilia Moritz Schwarcz -- O DNA do brasileiro = Brazilian DNA / Lygia da Veiga Pereira -- Locais de nascimento = Places of birth -- A viagem = The journey -- Migração = Migration -- II. Milagre brasileira o pais de braços abertos para o mundo inteiro -- III. Exhuberante braseiro: o fogo do Brasil é o povo brasileiro -- I. Homeland in the palm of a hand. Somos Brasil: body soul and heart -- II. Brazilian miracle: the community with its arms open for the whole world -- III. Exhuberant Brazier: the fire of Brazil is the Brazilian people -- Indice de imagens = Image index. Editora Madalena: ImageMagica hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50826 ISBN : 8561921064 9788561921064
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Davidson, Bruce (photography & text); Deborah Willis (Introduction)
Time of Change. Civil Rights Photographs 1961-1965
New York: St. Ann's Press 2002. First trade edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large square quarto 11-1/2" x 12". 144pp. Original publisher's mylar dust jacket. Black cloth with embossed black lettering and a black & white photo mounted on front cover. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. A fine as new copy in a near fine publisher's mylar dust wrapper. St. Ann's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50281 ISBN : 0971368112 9780971368118
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Drtikol, Frantisek (Photography); J. R. Marek (Introduction)
Žena ve Světle: Výběr 46 Aktů Women in Light. 46 Selected Nudes w/ FACSIMILE DUST JACKET
Prague: Nakladatelstvi E. Beaufort A. S. 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Good to very good condition. Quarto. 14pp. 1 46 1 plates. Original orange cloth with printed paper label affixed to cover protected by modern mylar. Textured endpapers. Title page printed in brown. Book block pages light yellow. Rights reserved and printed by E. Beaufort A. S. in Prague. Facsimile dust jacket.<br /> <br /> This work is Drtikol's seminal collection of nude studies. "Although influenced early in his career while studying photography in Munich by the decorative trend of Jugendstil or Art Nouveau Drtikol moved with Žena ve Světle into his own modernist style of photography that prefigured and influenced the emerging Bauhaus aesthetic. He built sets and props out of plywood and used an arc lamp to cast strong shadows. The graphic presentation of the book is striking with the gum prints on thin paper one to a page set off by large page numbers. By 1935 Drtikol was creating wholly abstract works in which the nudes were replaced by figurines or geometric shapes made from painted plywood. At age 52 at the peak of his international fame Drtikol abandoned photography altogether to concentrate on painting meditation and oriental philosophy until his death in 1961." Andrew Roth The Book of 101 Books page 64ff. Parr/Badger Vol. 1 page 79<br /> <br /> Text in Czech. Facsimile dustjacket with minor wear and rubbing. Binding with very light wear along edges and rubbed with some light smudging. Leaf with plates one and two with half and inch closed tear at bottom edge. Facsimile dustjacket and interior in very good binding in good condition. Nakladatelstvi E. Beaufort A. S. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50541
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Schletterer, Nikolaus (Photography); Arno Ritter (text)
Orte Blicken Landschaft. Places Gaze Landscape
Salzburg: Fotohof edition 2003. First edition. Hardcover. fine. Oblong 4to. 1262pp. Photographic color dust jacket spine lettered in orange. Blue boards lettered in orange & yellow. Signed and dated by the photographer on the front free endpaper. Laid in is a 12 page 8vo pamphlet stapled at inner margin that contains "Letters from Arno Ritter" that under gird the theme of Schletterer's work. The book has the slightest hint of shelf wear but is still a fine as new copy. Fotohof edition hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50061 ISBN : 3901756345 9783901756344
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Stieglitz, Alfred (ed.); Frank Eugene (photography by); Maurice Maeterlinck (essay by)
Camera Work No. 31. An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Photography WITH IMAGES BY FRANK EUGENE MISSING 2 PLATES FROM THE LIBRARY OF AGNES ERNST MEYER
New York: Alfred Stieglitz 1910. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Folio. 68pp. 14 pages of publisher's ads. Original grey paper wrappers with white lettering on the covers specially mounted on grey cloth boards for Stieglitz. Pages uncut. Dated July 1910. Cover design by Eduard Steichen.<br /> <br /> This is issue #31 of the seminal quarterly art photography publication edited and published by pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz 1864-1946. It contains a total of 12 photographic plates by acclaimed photographer Frank Eugene 1865-1936. Also included are various essays and articles on photography from a number of notable and historically important contributors to the field including photographers and art critics many of whom were members of or associated with Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession movement.<br /> <br /> The 12 images by Frank Eugene are comprised of an initial 8 portraits of "H.R.H Rupricht Prince of Bavaria" German painters "Fritz von Uhde" "Prof. Adolf Hengler" and "Prof. Franz von Stuck" his famous image of painter Willi Giger "Prof. Adolf von Seitz" world chess champion "Dr. Emmanuel Lasker and His Brother" and German writer "Dr. Georg Hirth". The final 4 images are "Kimono - Frl. v. S" "Frau Ludwig von Hohlwein" "Nude - A Child" and "Direktor F. Goetz". Unfortunately the images "Hortensia" and "Nude - A Study" which are listed are missing and appear to have never been bound in. All images are finely printed in b/w or sepia-toned photogravure on tissue paper. Some of these images are among photographer's more famous works.<br /> <br /> Text content includes "The New Thought Which is Old" by art critic Charles H. Caffin 1854 -1918 "The Four Dimension From A Plastic Point of View" and "Chinese Dolls and Modern Colorists" by American painter Max Weber 1881-1961 "The Brain and the World Dedicated to Eduard Seichen" by American journalist critic essayist Benjamin De Casseres 1873-1945 and "What is Beauty" by photographer writer and art critic Joseph T. Keiley 1869-1914 among other interesting essays. The final 14 un-numbered pages contain a full list of Photo-Secession members and beautifully printed period advertisements for photography-related businesses.<br /> <br /> Spine sunned with light rubbing and a few small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Light smudges to the back cover. Interior with the title page and the photographic plates for Rupricht Prince of Bavaria and Emmanuel Lasker are detached but present. Starting at after the front endpapers and p.22. All images clean and vibrant. Binding in in very good interior in very good- condition overall. Agnes Ernst Meyer 1887-1970 was an American journalist philanthropist civil rights activist and art patron. She was a close collaborator and friend of photographer Alfred Stieglitz with whom she publishing the arts and literary magazine "291" from 1915-916. She first encountered the work of photo-secession group when she chanced upon Stieglitz's Gallery 291 while work as a reporter for the New York Sun newspaper. She was one of the first female journalists to work at the paper. Due to this fact Stieglitz often referred to her as the "Sun Girl". Along with Katharine Rhoades and Marion Beckett she was known as the one of "The Three Graces" of the Alfred Stieglitz artistic circle. She is well known for her political activism throughout her life on behalf many causes including public education and racial equality in America. Alfred Stieglitz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49997
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Stieglitz, Alfred (ed.); Eduard Steichen (photography by)
Camera Work No. 22. An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Photography WITH 3 AUTOCHROMES BY EDUARD STEICHEN FROM THE LIBRARY OF AGNES ERNST MEYER
New York: Alfred Stieglitz 1908. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Folio. 44pp. 16 pages of publisher's ads. Original grey paper wrappers with white lettering on the covers specially mounted on grey cloth boards for Stieglitz. Pages uncut. Dated April 1908. Cover design by Eduard Steichen.<br /> <br /> This is issue #22 of the seminal quarterly art photography publication edited and published by pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz 1864-1946. It contains a total of 3 beautiful color photographic plates autochromes by acclaimed photographer Eduard Steichen 1879-1973. Also included are various essays and articles on photography and aesthetic theory from a number of notable and historically important contributors to the field including photographers and art critics many of whom were members of or associated with the Photo-Secession.<br /> <br /> The images included here are: "G. Bernard Shaw" "On the House-boat - The Log Cabin" and "Portrait - Lady H." All are reproduced in high quality offset printing four-color reproductions on heavy stock paper tipped-in onto the full-page plates. The printing of the plates are credited to the German photography firm Bruckmann in Munich. These images and their reproductions are both considered quite early examples of both taking and reproducing color photographs for the general public. The pioneering Lumiere brothers had first patented their early color photographic process known as Autochrome Lumière using the principle of additive color in 1903 and at the time of this publication the process had only been on the market for a year first marketed in 1907.<br /> <br /> Text content includes a comparatively lengthy article on color photography by Eduard Steichen himself an article discussing Stieglitz recent expulsion from the The Camera Club of New York including a reproduction of text of the letters sent to Stieglitz "Rumpus in A Hen House" by art critic Charles H. Caffin 1854 -1918 and reviews of Auguste Rodin drawings at 291 among other articles. The final 16 un-numbered pages contain beautifully printed period advertisements for photography-related businesses including a relevant advertisement for Autochrome Lumière.<br /> <br /> Binding with minor rubbing and bumping to corners light smudges to the covers. Minor creases to the top right corner of the front cover. Spine sunned with light scratches and some light rubbing to the head and tail. Interior with starting at the list of plates and p.14. Sporadic light foxing and/or damp staining to the edges and margins of some pages as well some of the initial leaves including the interior covers front free endpapers and the title. Binding and interior in very good- to very good condition overall. Agnes Ernst Meyer 1887-1970 was an American journalist philanthropist civil rights activist and art patron. She was a close collaborator and friend of photographer Alfred Stieglitz with whom she publishing the arts and literary magazine "291" from 1915-916. She first encountered the work of photo-secession group when she chanced upon Stieglitz's Gallery 291 while work as a reporter for the New York Sun newspaper. She was one of the first female journalists to work at the paper. Due to this fact Stieglitz often referred to her as the "Sun Girl". Along with Katharine Rhoades and Marion Beckett she was known as the one of "The Three Graces" of the Alfred Stieglitz artistic circle. She is well known for her political activism throughout her life on behalf many causes including public education and racial equality in America. Alfred Stieglitz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49998
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Stieglitz Alfred ed.; George Davison; Sarah Choate Sears; William B. Dyer photography
Camera Work No.18. An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Photography FROM THE LIBRARY OF AGNES ERNST MEYER
New York: Alfred Stieglitz 1907. First edition. Hardcover. vg-. Folio. 50pp. 16 pages including additional plates and publisher's ads. Original grey paper wrappers with white lettering on the covers specially mounted on grey cloth boards for Stieglitz. Dated April 1907. Cover design by Eduard Steichen.<br /> <br /> This is issue #18 of the seminal quarterly art photography publication edited and published by pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz 1864-1946. It contains a total of 10 photographic plates by photographers George Davison 1854-1930 Sarah Choate Sears 1858–1935 and Chicago photographer William B. Dyer 1860-1931. Davison was a founding member of the Linked Ring photographic society which is seen as the British counterpart of American Photo-Secession movement. Also included are various essays and articles on photography from a number of notable and historically important contributors to the field including photographers and art critics many of whom were members of or associated with the Photo-Secession.<br /> <br /> Included here are 6 images by Davison; his famous landscape "The Onion Field" 1890 "In A Village Under the South Downs" "A Thames Locker" "Wyvenhoe on the Colne in Essex" "The Long Arm" and "Berkshire Teams and Teamsters". Sarah Coate Sears contributes the expressive portraits "Mrs. Julia Ward Howe" and "Mary". William B. Dyer contributes the nude studies "The Spider" and "L'Allegro". Each image is beautifully reproduced from the original photograph in b/w or sepia-toned photogravure and printed on tissue paper.<br /> <br /> Text content includes "Symbolism and Allegory" by art critic Charles H. Caffin 1854-1918 "Pictorial Photography" reprinted from The Complete Photographer by R. Child Bayley a poem about photography by J.B. Kerfoot 1865-1927 "The Straight and Modified Print" by French pictorial photographer Robert Demachy 1859–1936 and an essay on Demachy's work with contributions from George Bernard Shaw as well as British photographers Frederick H. Evans 1853-1943 and Francis Meadow Sutcliffe 1853-1941. The final section of 13 unnumbered pages contain beautifully-printed period advertisements for photography-related businesses.<br /> <br /> Binding with some minor rubbing and light bumping to extremities. Spine sunned with light bumping and rubbing to the head and tail. Back cover bumped with creasing along the bottom. Interior with the pages between the initial list of Davison plates at the front and p.18 loosening from the book block but not fully detached. Plates all clean and vibrant overall with some having minor to light foxing mostly in the margins. Binding and interior in very good- condition overall. Agnes Ernst Meyer 1887-1970 was an American journalist philanthropist civil rights activist and art patron. She was a close collaborator and friend of photographer Alfred Stieglitz with whom she publishing the arts and literary magazine "291" from 1915-916. She first encountered the work of photo-secession group when she chanced upon Stieglitz's Gallery 291 while work as a reporter for the New York Sun newspaper. She was one of the first female journalists to work at the paper. Due to this fact Stieglitz often referred to her as the "Sun Girl". Along with Katharine Rhoades and Marion Beckett she was known as the one of "The Three Graces" of the Alfred Stieglitz artistic circle. She is well known for her political activism throughout her life on behalf many causes including public education and racial equality in America. Alfred Stieglitz hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49994
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Burckhardt Rudy photography; Edwin Derby poetry; Doug Eklund essay
New York N. Why
Portland OR: Nazraeli Press 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Gray boards lettered in black photo mounted on front cover. Note: boards are lightly printed with stains to make them look antique. Illustrated throughout with photographs. <br /> <br /> "This remarkable album is a collaboration between Rudy Burckhardt one of the great New York photographers of the 1930s and 40s and his companion and lifelong friend the poet and dance critic Edwin Denby. Previously unpublished and reproduced here in facsimile New York N. Why is a unique handmade book containing 67 photographs and seven sonnets. Now in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York it contains many of Burckhardt's best-known images dazzlingly sequenced into three urban themes: advertising pedestrians and street furniture. The photographer and poet met in Basel Switzerland in 1934 and moved the following year to New York. There the Burckhardt instinctively sought out what others overlooked -- the abstract modernist tableaux of fire hydrants standpipes cornices and columns; the readymade collage of newsstands and storefronts; and the complex choreography of pedestrians darting and weaving through crowded intersections. An accompanying essay by Doug Eklund Associate Curator in the Department of Photographs . examines the album in relation to Burckhardt's contemporaneous films Denby's pioneering writing on dance from the same moment and the origins of the New York School in painting photography and poetry" --Publisher's website. Nazraeli Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50194 ISBN : 1590052293 9781590052297
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Hatakeyama Naoya photography; Andreas Bruning introduction
Zeche Westfalen I/II Ahlen
Tucson AZ: Nazraeli Press 2006. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated 80 pages. Color photo-illustrated boards white spine lettered in black. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama and issued in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo Jun 24 – Jul 22 2006. The photographs were shot Ahlen an ex-coal mining town in the southeast of Munster Germany between October 2003 and February 2004. Text in English and German. Nazraeli Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50195 ISBN : 1590051513 9781590051511
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Drtikol, Frantisek (Photography); J. R. Marek (Introduction)
Žena ve Světle: Výběr 46 Aktů Women in Light. 46 Selected Nudes
Prague: Nakladatelstvi E. Beaufort A. S. 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 14pp. 1 46 1 plates. Original orange cloth with printed paper label affixed to cover in facsimile yellow photo-illustrated dustjacket. Textured endpapers. Title page printed in brown. Rights reserved and printed by E. Beaufort A. S.<br /> <br /> This work is Drtikol's seminal collection of nude studies. "Although influenced early in his career while studying photography in Munich by the decorative trend of Jugendstil or Art Nouveau Drtikol moved with Žena ve Světle into his own modernist style of photography that prefigured and influenced the emerging Bauhaus aesthetic. He built sets and props out of plywood and used an arc lamp to cast strong shadows. The graphic presentation of the book is striking with the gum prints on thin paper one to a page set off by large page numbers. By 1935 Drtikol was creating wholly abstract works in which the nudes were replaced by figurines or geometric shapes made from painted plywood. At age 52 at the peak of his international fame Drtikol abandoned photography altogether to concentrate on painting meditation and oriental philosophy until his death in 1961." Andrew Roth The Book of 101 Books page 64ff. Parr/Badger Vol. 1 page 79<br /> <br /> Text in Czech. Very light wear along edges of binding and lightly rubbed. Nakladatelstvi E. Beaufort A. S. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49764
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Gleize, Jean-Marie; Henri Maccheroni (Gravure and Photography)
Nu Dénudé SIGNED LIMITED EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH AND THREE ENGRAVINGS
Vernon France: Manière Noire Editeur 2000. Limited edition. Softcover. Fine condition. Signed by Gleize and Maccheroni on colophon and hand-numbered 9/67. Quarto. 4 37 1 6pp. 3 engravings with tissue guards. Velin BFK Rives wraps with black lettering on cover and spine protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece photograph 9 1/4 x 6 1/4" tipped in.<br /> <br /> "Jean-Marie Gleize was born in Paris in 1946. He was thus of an age to be a Maoist and militant in 1968 identifications he retains to this day. He published his first book on Francis Ponge in 1981 and became a professor at l’Université d’Aix-en-Provence as well as at the prestigious l’École normale supérieure de Lyon where he would direct the Centre d’études poétiques from 1999-2009. In addition to his scholarly work on modern and contemporary French Arabic and American poetry he would enter the first rank of French poets or “post-poets†as is sometimes said aesthetically affiliated with peers such as Emmanuel Hocquard Anne-Marie Albiach and Claude Royet-Journoud." Kenning Editions<br /> <br /> "Jean-Marie Gleize b. 1946 is among the most influential theoreticians of contemporary experimental French poetry. He calls postpoésie attempts to write poetry as if from the outside leaving behind lyrical verse prose poetics and all forms of essentialism. In the 1990s he developed and applied in his own writing concepts of littéralité and nudité that aimed at quietening down figures expressivity and subjectivity to let the workings of language and discourse surface as more objective and potent poetic enigmas." University of Minnesota<br /> <br /> Nu Dénudé by Jean-Marie Gleize is augmented with a photograph and three original engravings by Henri Maccheroni. It was set in Dodoni body 12 by Monique Roncerel. Printed on Velin BFK Rives 189g in seventy-five copies including sixty-seven numbered from 1 to 67 and eight out of commerce numbers from I to VIII. Printed by Michel Roncerel in Reviers in August 2000. Manière Noire Editeur unknown
Bookseller reference : 49866
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Basilico, Gabriele (Photography); Aldo Rossi; Roberta Valtorta (texts)
Porti di Mare SIGNED
Udine Italy: Art& srl 1990. First Italian edition. Hardcover. Good to fine condition. Signed "Gabriele Basilico 7-IX-96" on half-title. Large Quarto. 118 1pp. Original anthracite cloth with white lettering on cover and spine in photo-illustrated dustjacket gray and black lettering on spine. Black endpapers. Design by Maurizio Zanuso. Texts by Aldo Rossi and Roberta Valtorta. Considered one of the most important books in the history of photography.<br /> <br /> Extraordinary collection of seventy-six b/w photographs many of them double page showing wide topographical views of harbors and their environment developed for an exhibition at the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne in 1990. ".this formal strategy actually works in an anti-formal way stressing the informational value of imagery." Parr & Badger The Photobook Vol. II pp. 62/63. Text in Italian. Dustjacket with light wear along edges very light creasing and front cover lightly rubbed. Book in fine condition. Art& srl hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49592 ISBN : 8885893201 9788885893207
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Pope-Hennessy, John (Text); David Finn (Photography); Takashi Okamura et all (Photography)
Cellini SIGNED COLLECTOR'S EDITION
New York: Abbeville Press 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Good to fine condition. Signed by the author on Collector's Edition bookplate on inside front cover. Folio. 324pp. Original navy blue leather with gilt tooling and blind-stamped ruling on cover gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Housed in plain blue cloth slipcase. Marbled endpapers. Color frontispiece. Designed by Philip Grushkin. Illustrated biography on the Italian goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. <br /> <br /> "To rewrite the life of an autobiographer is in itself a difficult task but it is this that is attempted in the present book. Cellini's is one of the few artist's lives that is supported by a superfluity of documents and if account had been taken in the text of all of them the outcome would have been a three not a one-volume work. While the notes to the text contain a certain quantity of unpublished material for the most part of limited significance no effort has been made to recapitulate the full range of documentary material dealt with by Tassi Plon and most notably Calamandrei or to print in their entirety the contents of the volumes of Cellini's Ricordi in the Bibliotheca Riccardiana." Profusely illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of photographs depicting Cellini's work throughout. Contains extensive section of notes a bibliography index and photographic credits at rear. Slipcase with light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. Some scuffing at raised bands and some discoloration of leather a quarter inch along front and back cover at spine else binding in very good interior in fine condition. Slipcase in good condition. Abbeville Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49608
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Richie, Donald (Text); Takeji Iwamiya (Photography); Irmtraut Schaarschmidt-Richter (Transl.)
Die Schönheit Japanischer Formen
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha 1964. First German edition. Hardcover. Good to near fine condition. Folio. 7 205 1pp. color folding plate. Original textured tan cloth with brown lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket black lettering on spine. "Takeji Iwamiya world-famous Japanese photographer presents to us one of the most beautiful documents that were ever created about the craft with this picture book - this fascinating mixture of art and tradition no other people in the world developed to such high standards. Stone metal textiles woven willow and bamboo are the materials represented in this volume. Their processing into small works of art into everyday utilities expressing everything in their perfect form that is the secret of beauty in Japanese art to us is presented in this volume seen with Japanese eyes and recorded with the greatest prowess." Publisher. Profusely illustrated with eleven photographs in color one of them double page and numerous b/w photographs all of them full page. An additional double-folded color plate at rear with an overview of Japanese family crests. Text in German. Dustjacket with some wear along edges mostly small tears and light creasing along top of front cover and spine. Images in fine condition except some light creasing at second fold of Japanese family crests. Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49474
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Hoflehner Josef Photography; Kurt Kaindl Introduction
Unleashed. Photographs by Josef Hoflehner SIGNED
Wels Austria: Most/Press 2005. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Signed Josef Hoflehner on title page. 1/500. Folio 12 3/4 x 12". Unpaginated. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Photo-illustrated dustjacket blue lettering on spine. Original black textured paper-covered boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine. "Figurative minimalism effectively dominates Josef Hoflechner's photographs. How far this minimalism goes is illustrated hereby an image from the "Snowscapes" series. Unleashed meaning uncoupled from narrative content and described object representations leaves the photographs open to a broad spectrum of approaches and interpretations. Nevertheless the work does not fall into aimless ambiguity open to any interpretation or topple into a flood of images that avoids a clear message with its overabundance. Rather Josef Hoflehner successfully endeavors with figurative austereness and minimalism; he creates an aesthetic framework in which the viewer's fantasy can unfold without forcing the images." Kaindl. Illustrated with captioned full page b/w photographs throughout. Shrinkwrap opened carefully at gallery for signature by Hoflehner. Most/Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49530 ISBN : 3950151036 9783950151039
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Renger-Patzsch, Albert (Photography); Walter Romhildt (ed.); Kurt Hinterberger (Design)
Werkstattporträt I II III Complete - Including 154 Photographs by Albert Renger-Patzsch
Arnsberg and Dortmund Germany: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gestaltendes Handwerk 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Duodecimo 6 1/8 x 8 1/2". Unpaginated app. 100 leaves each three volumes. Original screw-bolted brown cloth with gray lettering on spines. Text printed to handmade paper in variant colors: black brown gray blue cream yellow green burnt Sienna and umbra photographs printed to glossy white paper. With lists of full and associate members of the workshop at front printed in white on black paper.<br /> <br /> Complete catalog of "Werkstattporträt Workshop Portrait" in three volumes a joint venture of the Project Group Creative Crafts for the Districts of Arnsberg and Dortmund Germany from 1961 to 1965. Participants of this project included craftsmen and women from the fields of pottery weaving embroidery bookbinding lathe work carpentry photography painting and sculpting. An extraordinary project presenting a state-of-the-art view of craftsmanship and art in Eastern Westfalia in the 1960s illustrated with 309 b/w photographs.<br /> <br /> Albert Renger-Patzsch participated in this project not only as a photographer see portrait 10 but provided one-hundred and forty-five of the three hundred and eleven photographs of works of other participants including portrait photographs for the catalogs "Werkstattportrait." Renger-Patzsch had worked as press photographer for the Chicago Tribune before publishing his title 'Crassula" with the Auriga-Verlag in the series 'Die Welt der Planze' in 1924. He had his first museum exhibition in 1927. His second book "Die Welt ist schön" became his best-known publication. During the 1930s he remained in Germany and made photographs for the German industy and in advertising. His archive was destroyed during W.W.II. In 1944 he moved to Wamel North Rhine-Westfalia and lived there for the rest of his life.<br /> <br /> The catalog is structured in twenty-nine chapters 0-271 introducing artists and craftsmen and women including one introductory chapter with eight photographs and a final chapter with six photographs. The object of the project was to further the exchange of knowledge and experience collaboration in research shared leisure time and visits of the workshops and studios of participants. Regional and national exhibitions and publications were arranged to help find buyers for the created work. The introductory chapter includes lists of full members and associate members.<br /> <br /> Each of the twenty-seven workshop portraits includes an introductory leaf for the respective participant describing the workshop or studio and the career including particulars about the techniques and material used by the artist with captions on the objects captured in eight b/w offset reproductions of photographs by Albert Renger-Patzsch and others on verso. Each set of photographs includes a portrait of the respective artist. Following each set of photographs a page with contact information of the artist and photo-credits for the work displayed.<br /> <br /> The final chapter is entitled "Workshop Portrait." It includes a brief description of the workshop taking place from April 1961 to December 1965 six b/w photographs of workshop exhibits and a list of all participants with contact information. The last page of this chapter an address by Walter Römhildt states the conclusion of this project and announces the continuation of publications of the series "werkstattforum" at his new office the "Beratungsstelle für Handwerksform bei der Handwerkskammer Hannover." Participants of the project "werkstattportait" will automatically receive those publications. <br /> <br /> Content with participating artists:<br /> <br /> portrait 0: Introduction of the project with photos by Renger-Patzsch 9 <br /> portrait 1: Hildegard Bäumer weaver Siegen photos by Renger-Patzsch 6 and Foto-Besser Siegen 3<br /> portrait 2: Ignatius Geitel Glass painter Bochum with Klischees by Titze & Lorenz Gelsenkirchen 9<br /> portrait 3: Karl Josef Hoffmann sculptor Attendorn with photos by Renger-Patzsch 9<br /> portrait 4: Anneliese Kretschmer photographer Dortmund photos by Anneliese Kretschmer 9<br /> portrait 5: Udo Dickerhoff carpenter Bochum photos by Renger-Patzsch 8 Sabine Renger 1 and Christian Bathe Münster 1; with two transparencies.<br /> portrait 6: Ingeborg and Bruno Asshoff potters Bochum photos by Renger-Patzsch 10 Dagmar Korn Düsseldorf 2 and Helmut Hering Dortmund 2<br /> portrait 7: Martha Wurm embroider Wattenscheid photos by Photo-Soeding J. Müller Soest 11<br /> portrait 8: Otto Pickhan turner Mollseifen photos by Renger-Patzsch 9<br /> portrait 9: Irmgard Timmermann weaver Soest photos by Photo-Soeding J. Müller Soest 9 H. Musmann Lage 1 and Renger-Patzsch 1<br /> portrait 10: Albert Renger-Patzsch photographer Wamel photos by Sabine Renger Wamel 1 Renger-Patzsch 11 Klischees by Titze & Lorenz Gelsenkirchen; <br /> portrait 11: Andrea Böhm picture weaver Lüdenscheid w/o photo-credits 10<br /> portrait 12: Päule Jelich goldsmith Iserlohn photos by Schmidt Lueg Iserlohn 11 and Foto Melchers Herne 1 <br /> portrait 13: Wolfgang Kruse turner Hamm photos by Schmidt Lueg Iserlohn 10<br /> portrait 14: Wolfgang Kreutter sculptor Dödesberg photos by Bert Brösel Siegen 1 Heidersberger Wolfsburg 2 Schmidt Lueg Iserlohn 9 <br /> portrait 15: Marianne Proll bookbinder Hagen photos by A. Bach Hagen 6 Renger-Patzsch 8 <br /> portrait 16: Heinz Abendroth metal smith Dortmund photos by Rolf Schmieding Dortmund 9 Dinstühler Dortmund 1; <br /> portrait 17: Liesel Bellmann sculptor Dortmund photos by Gerd Schlitzer Dortmund 4 W. von Frankenberg Dortmund 1 Rolf Schmieding Dortmund 3 and Heller Telgte 1 w/o credit 3<br /> portrait 18: Karl Jlling metal smith Mallar photos by Renger-Patzsch 10 <br /> portrait 19:Dieter Pieper goldsmithLüdenscheid photos by Werkstätten Carl Golderer Pforzheim 24 <br /> portrait 20: Marieluise Quade painter and graphic designer Lüdenscheid photos by Carl Huth Lüdenscheid 2 w/o credits 7<br /> portrait 21: Waldemar Wien sculptor Kierape 1 photos by Renger-Patzsch 13<br /> portrait 22: Christel Humpert potter Bochum photos by Renger-Patzsch10<br /> portrait 23: W. K. A. Weisheit carpenter Plettenberg-Oesterau photos by Renger-Patzsch 9<br /> portrait 24: Günter Hülshoff potter Rosemarie Hülshoff batik both Wangern photos by Renger-Patzsch 14<br /> portrait 25: Josef Severin metal smith Anröchte/Krs. Lippstadt photos by Renger-Patzsch 6 and Sabine Renger 4 <br /> portrait 26: Gisela Lohse weaver Hagen photos by Renger-Patzsch 11 <br /> portrait 27: Johannes Scharfenstein carpenter Meschede photos by Renger-Patzsch 10 and Foto-Zwietasch Kornwestheim 1<br /> "werkstattportrait" with Klischees by Tietze & Lorenz Gelsenkirchen 6<br /> <br /> Text in German. Minor wear overall with some red underlining of text in Römhildt address on last page. Translation of werkstattportrait 10: <br /> <br /> "Albert Renger-Patzsch born on June 22m 1897 graduated at the Humanistic Gymnasium studied chemistry until the preliminary examination after that he became the head of the photography department of the Folkwang Publisher in Hagen and Darmstadt. Since 1925 independent photographer in Bad Harzburg; first exhibition at Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hannover in 1925; first publication: "Die Halligen" in 1927 worked from 1929–1944 in Essen after that in Wamel near Soest. Following his title "Die Welt ist schön" he published monographs of cities and architecture books on marked-off landscapes and other topics. Renger=Patzsch works are in the collections of the MOMA New York the Eastman House in Rochester the Gernsheim Collection in London the Copper-Engraving Collection of the National Library in Paris and the Photo-Museum in Dresden. He was awarded the David Octavius Hill Medal of the G.D.L. in 1957 the Culture-Award of the German Society for Photography Cologne in 1960 and the Golden Society Medal of the Vienna Photographic Society in 1961. Renger-Patzsch is seen as the father of "Neue Sachlichkeit" in photography. In his book "Die Welt ist schön" he introduces a program with the goal to deter photography from engaging in a race with painting and reflect on its own medium. His notion that photography based on its mechanical structure is better suited to do justice to an object portrait it as an artistic individual pertains to large fields of photography today. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gestaltendes Handwerk hardcover
Bookseller reference : 48080
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Hoflehner, Josef (Photography); Kurt Kaindl (Introduction)
Unleashed. Photographs by Josef Hoflehner SIGNED
Wels Austria: Most/Press 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed Josef Hoflehner on title page. 1/500. Folio 12 1/4 x 12". Unpaginated. Original black textured paper-covered boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket blue lettering on spine. "Figurative minimalism effectively dominates Josef Hoflechner's photographs. How far this minimalism goes is illustrated hereby an image from the "Snowscapes" series. Unleashed meaning uncoupled from narrative content and described object representations leaves the photographs open to a broad spectrum of approaches and interpretations. Nevertheless the work does not fall into aimless ambiguity open to any interpretation or topple into a flood of images that avoids a clear message with its overabundance. Rather Josef Hoflehner successfully endeavors with figurative austereness and minimalism; he creates an aesthetic framework in which the viewer's fantasy can unfold without forcing the images." Kaindl. Illustrated with captioned full page b/w photographs throughout. Most/Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 48999 ISBN : 3950151036 9783950151039
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