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Slack, Mike
POLAROID TRILOGY : OK OK OK SCORPIO AND PYRAMIDS: 3-VOLUME SET SIGNED
Ice Plant. 2009. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Three signed hardcover Polaroid volumes: Pyramids Scorpio and OK OK Ok. Wrapped in near-fine titled chipboard sleeve.; Signed by Author . Ice Plant hardcover
Référence libraire : 69231
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The British Journal of Photography
Portrait of Britain: 200 Photographs That Capture the Face of a Changing Nation
Hoxton Mini Press May 2019. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. used hardcover copy lacking a dust jacket as issued. light shelfwear corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Hoxton Mini Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 1547226 ISBN : 1910566381 9781910566381
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Apartheid South Africa Photography
Apartheid Era South Africa and Southern Rhodesia Annotated Photo Album with 225 photographs with extensive manuscript captions by an English Physiotherapist 1954-1955
1954. English woman's photo album documenting a year of work and travel in Apartheid era South Africa and Southern Rhodesia in 1954-1955 during a time when white colonies were well established during the consolidation of apartheid. Compiled by an English woman attached to the Over-Seas League Torquay branch and employed for a year in physiotherapy the album moves from Union-Castle sea passage to Cape Town hotels mountain excursions resort and garden visits Rhodesian travel and repeated encounters with African people framed as "native" villages "war dances" and ethnographic spectacle. This album was assembled in the middle of the National Party's early apartheid decade after the Population Registration Act and Group Areas Act of 1950 the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 the pass law consolidation of 1952 and the Bantu Education Act of 1953 had deepened racial classification territorial segregation labor control and state supervision of Black life while resistance accelerated through the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1955 Freedom Charter. <br /> Photo archive of approximately 225 silver gelatin photographs and real photo or printed postcards various sizes South Africa and Southern Rhodesia 1954-1955. Housed in a 12.5" x 9.5" album with black leaves most cornered in with extensive white manuscript captions throughout. The compiler's route is legible page by page: "Off to South Africa. July 1st 1954" beside ship and shipmates; "First Views of Cape Town" "My Hotel in Sea Point" and "Going up Table Mountain"; urban views of Cape Town civic buildings and streets; scenic excursions to Table Bay the Hottentots Holland mountains Ceres and Oudtshoorn; "Coon Carnival on New Years Day" using outdated racialized language with Black performers in racially exaggerated costume makeup; Bulawayo and Southern Rhodesia pages naming hospitals villages roads and grave sites; "Native War Dances" "Bantu villages" "On the road to Pretoria" and "Zulus! In the Valley of a Thousand Hills" where African subjects are repeatedly isolated as performers or spectacle. Other leaves record Groote Constantia Rhodes Memorial Groote Schuur the Malay Quarter and a "Malay Wedding" Kruger National Park Durban Royal Natal National Park sugar plantation scenes Victoria Falls including aerial views brochures menus ship material and invitation ephemera all arranged in a clear chronological travel sequence. Cape Town one of the album's main settings was already a segregated city by the 1940s and 1950s making the compiler's easy movement through hotels gardens roads and viewpoints part of the racial ordering that structured urban South Africa. <br /> The album plainly records colonial hierarchy as everyday practice rather than abstract policy. A white British woman could arrive by imperial shipping line enter professional placement through an elite exchange network rent rooms drive tour monuments to settler power such as Rhodes Memorial and traverse Cape Town Natal Pretoria Kruger and Rhodesia while African people appear in the album largely through the language of tribe village dance labor and spectacle. That contrast places the photographs inside the social order built by apartheid and older settler colonial rule. Light general wear to album scattered corner wear and handling to photographs and postcards some items loose captions clear and legible and photos mostly clean and clear. Overall very good condition. A substantial and thoroughly captioned record of British female travel inside the racial geography of apartheid era southern Africa. unknown
Référence libraire : 23280
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Caribbean; Travel Photography
Caribbean Travel Photo Album Recording Colonial Port Cities and Canal Zone Circulation from Jamaica to Panama 1910s-20s
1914. Caribbean photograph album likely compiled by a person connected to the Panama Canal Zone and the Caribbean documenting how steamship mobility port circulation and U.S. imperial presence linked Jamaica Venezuela Trinidad Barbados Cuba Puerto Rico the Bahamas Florida and Panama in the years after the canal opened. The felt cover lettered "PANAMA" and bearing the Seal of the Canal Zone places the album within the new travel geography created by U.S. control of the Canal Zone and the canal's 1914 opening when Panama became a central hinge between Atlantic and Pacific movement and a major point of contact between North American travelers and Caribbean port cities. Photos show passengers on steamers and docks markets and streets forts and government buildings and repeated encounters between white visitors and Afro Caribbean and mixed-heritage residents across multiple colonial and semi-colonial settings.<br /> <br /> Panama Canal Zone travel photograph album. Caribbean and circum-Caribbean locations including Kingston Jamaica; La Guaira and Caracas Venezuela; Trinidad; Key West and Palm Beach Florida; Havana Cuba; Barbados; Panama City Balboa and Colón Panama; Nassau Bahamas; and San Juan Puerto Rico. Likely circa mid 1910s to early 1920s. Oblong felt-covered album measuring 6.5" x 11" with "PANAMA" stitched in large letters on the front cover and photographs pasted to grey leaves. Contains more than 160 black-and-white photographs most approximately 2.5 x 4.5 inches many with handwritten captions identifying locations activities and occasional names. The sequence opens in Kingston with captions including "Kingston JA" and "on the steamer" then moves through island and mainland stops; "Port of Spain Trinidad" "Market at Barbados" "Rapid Transit Barbados" "Havana Cuba" "San Juan Porto Rico" "Morro Castle" "Balboa" and "Colon R.P." Repeated figures especially a young college-aged woman and an older woman appear throughout. Notable images include a group of locals in shallow water at Barbados sifting for tossed coins from rowboats; a large crowd scene in San Juan gathered for what appears to be a public speech or civic event; battlements cannon and stone defenses in Havana; vernacular dwellings and children in impoverished conditions in Balboa; posed visitor photographs in what is labeled a "bull ring"; and numerous street dockside market and architectural views that juxtapose local populations with hotels public buildings ruins and newer urban construction.<br /> <br /> The album's historical force comes from the way it captures the social landscape of Caribbean travel under early twentieth-century U.S. power. After 1914 the Canal Zone intensified Panama's role within a wider American maritime sphere while Caribbean travel increasingly moved through port infrastructures shaped by empire commerce military strategy and tourism; this album records that world at eye level with photographs of docks steamers fortifications government sites public squares and local street life rather than limiting themselves to family snapshots alone. At the same time the images preserve the unequal human encounters built into that system especially where visitors photograph Black children boatmen market crowds and working neighborhoods as part of the travel experience. Felt cover worn and soiled with losses at edges and stitching strain; leaves brittle with chipping and tears; photographs generally present and legible with silvering fading corner wear and occasional losses or lifting. Overall fair to good condition. A substantial early twentieth-century visual record of Canal Zone connected Caribbean travel with dense captioning and wide geographic reach from Jamaica and Barbados to Havana San Juan and Panama. unknown
Référence libraire : 23155
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George Fulmer Florida Commercial Photography
Florida Coast New Mid Century Tourism Infrastructure Commercial Photography Archive of 72 Photographs and Negatives circa 1950s
1950. American postwar economic growth and tourism throughout Clearwater Florida photographed by local photographer George Fulmer showing how the Sunbelt expansion operated through roadside motels downtown retail waterfront leisure automobile traffic and service businesses during the rapid growth of the 1950s. The photographs center on the commercial circulation that made Clearwater function as a visitor city spanning rate signage pitched to seasonal travelers motel courts arranged for car access beach parking filled with mid-century automobiles storefront streets where shoppers and pedestrians occupy the sidewalk and crowded dock scenes tied to marine recreation. Clearwater had developed as a resort community by the 1890s and local historical sources note that by 1957 it was known as the fastest growing city in America making this group a concentrated record of the urban and commercial expansion that turned Pinellas County's Gulf Coast into a major tourism economy. <br /> <br /> Photo archive of 72 items including 38 silver gelatin photographs and 34 negatives ranging from 3" x 4" to 4" x 5" contained in 10 photo studio envelopes. Most negatives are duplicates of the print photographs while some are unique images. Clearwater Florida c. 1950s. Repeated and variant views show commercial properties and tourist infrastructure from multiple angles including motels with bold seasonal signage reading "SUMMER RATES $5.00 PER COUPLE FROM APRIL 15 TO NOV. 15" "20 ROOMS $4.00 DOUBLE Apr. 1st-Dec. 1" and "REASONABLE RATES 4 UNITS $5.00 DOUBLE APRIS-JUN." Several prints and negatives picture motel exteriors room interiors with twin beds and lamps a modernist multi-story lodging property with projecting sign and glass-fronted office and a low roadside restaurant or motel building beneath a large fish sign. Other images move into the wider tourist economy: downtown street scenes with McCrory's and Maas Brothers Television signage a storefront reading "Clearwater's American Casuals" a Parsons Paint Co. facade a Brookside Service Travel Gas station advertising regular gasoline at 26 cents and waterfront scenes with rows of parked cars palm-lined drives crowded piers and a dock packed with men women and children waiting or disembarking. The negatives preserve the same emphasis on repeated commercial views indicating studio production for advertising promotional or business use; the group also retains photo studio envelopes inscribed by George Fulmer.<br /> <br /> These photographs place Clearwater within the broader postwar reordering of Florida's Gulf Coast where automobile ownership road travel beach recreation and commercial real estate development produced the built environment commonly identified with Sunbelt growth. Fulmer's images are strongest where they show the interdependence of businesses rather than isolated structures: lodging needed seasonal pricing and motor access downtown retail depended on pedestrian density and curbside traffic waterfront tourism required parking and dock circulation and roadside services converted through-travel into local spending. Visible edge wear light curling and routine handling marks to some prints and negatives; studio envelopes present. Overall good condition. A substantial visual record of how Clearwater's postwar visitor economy operated on the ground with concrete evidence of the businesses prices streets interiors and waterfront traffic that made tourism an urban system rather than a backdrop. unknown
Référence libraire : 23317
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Smith, Patti
A Book of Days
New York: Random House 2022. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed first edition hardcover. Stated first edition with the full number line. As new copy with no flaws.Signed by Patti Smith on publisher's tipped-in page. Unclipped DJ protected with mylar cover. 8vo bookseller #4612. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover
Référence libraire : 4612 ISBN : 0593448545 9780593448540
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Ferrres, Victoria Liceras Maria; photography by Francesc Jarque
Indumentaria Valenciana Siglos XVIII-XIX
Spain: Carena 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in shrink wrap. New and unwrapped. From the collection of a noted Los Angeles costume designer. An illustrated history of vibrant folk costumes from the Valencia region of Spain written by a passionate collector and historian of antique garments. Profusely illustrated in color throughout with photographs by Francesc Jarque a Spanish photographer known for his documentation of the cultural heritage of Valencia. 4to. 1444 pp. In Spanish only. <br/><br/> Carena hardcover
Référence libraire : 97224 ISBN : 8496419444 9788496419445
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Photography by Bertrand Limbour
The Wirtz Gardens: Part III
<p>The third installment in the acclaimed gorgeously designed <em>Wirtz Gardens</em> publications presents 32 gardens designed by the Belgian landscape-design virtuosos Peter Wirtz Martin Wirtz and Jacques Wirtz―a mixture of private public and corporate projects in Belgium Switzerland Japan the US France and England. For the first time private projects in the US and Switzerland are shown alongside more unusual projects such as the cloister gardens of the Hauterive Abbey in Switzerland; Wirtz's 2012 stage set for a Dior fashion show; and a secluded Japanese garden with a view of Mount Fuji. Every garden is accompanied as it was before by its plan and a brief text.</p><p>Jacques Wirtz founded his practice in Schoten Belgium in 1950. The company has since become a thriving family business with Wirtz's two sons Martin and Peter joining the firm. Gardens in Belgium and all its neighboring countries plus Italy Switzerland and the US are underway; past work has been undertaken in Japan Spain and Portugal.</p><p>Wirtz International's private projects range from small courtyards to large estates corporate headquarters business parks and housing developments; public projects consist of parks boulevards city squares university campuses museums and streetscapes.</p><p>Brand new sealed copy in slipcaase.</p> Wirtz International hardcover
Référence libraire : 22521 ISBN : 9085867088 9789085867081
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photographies, Laurent Lamacz ; textes, Arnaud Debeve ; sous la direction de Bernard Ghienne
L'Art déco à Lens et à l'entour : regards sur un patrimoine à révéler
Lens: Gauheria 2012. 2. Trade paperback. Good/Not issued. 220 x 300 x 11 cm. Laurent Lamacz. Paperback • Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs couverture illustrée en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Gauheria paperback
Référence libraire : PMV615901E ISBN : 2908664291 9782908664294
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Ambrotype Photography Ad
1857 "Kellog's premium Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery" Ad in Dodge County Newspaper
1857. The Dodge County Citizen Historical newspaper May 12 1857. with a large ad for the "Kellog's premium ambrotype and daguerreotype gallery. First class pictures taken . Pictures of children taken almost instantaneously . pictures taken in all kinds of weather. Mr. K has all improvements in ambrotypes . the picture being protected only by black varnish which is liable to get scratched . " The ad also has an illustration of a camera on a tripod. unknown
Référence libraire : 6445
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photography by James Randklev
Georgia Unforgettable Minniehaha Falls cover
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1560375418.G ISBN : 1560375418 9781560375418
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African American Girls Education Photography
African American Schoolgirl Class Photo Archive 1950s
1950. African American Education Photo archive of African American schoolgirls in the 1950s. 15 silver gelatin print photos. Photos range in size from 3" x 3" to 4.25" x 3" all are black and white silver gelatin prints printed on Kodak Velox paper. These vernacular photos document jovial times at the end of the school year for a group of African American girls. It is around the beginning of June and the students are congregating outside of the school auditorium hugging and rejoicing before summer break sets in. This school seemed to be predominately Black but there also seem to be some white students photographed. The fashion of the students pictured suggests this was taken in the mid to late 1950s and the Kodak Velox paper was very popular at that time. Some of the students are wearing semi-formal clothing. There are also three group photos taken elsewhere which appear to depict a school field trip for younger African American students two of which have a photographers timestamp stating "Mar 1956." Location unclear. In very good condition overall. unknown
Référence libraire : 17832
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Black Vernacular Photography
African American Family Life and Community Vernacular Photography Archive 1928-1960
1928. African American vernacular photograph archive 1928-1960 documents Black family life social networks and everyday leisure across the decades spanning late Jim Crow segregation through the early Civil Rights era in Georgia. The archive provides sustained visual evidence of African American domestic stability mobility and self-representation during a period marked by systemic racial exclusion and legal segregation in the United States. Scenes include couples embracing restaurant gatherings birthday celebrations children at play studio portraiture and leisure travel including boating presenting a continuous record of Black life lived beyond institutional narratives of marginalization. One photograph from 1958 depicting a Black man embracing an elderly white woman on a residential porch introduces a rare visual instance of interracial intimacy within a period defined by rigid racial boundaries while images of school-aged children including those labeled "School Days" situate the archive within the expanding but unequal educational landscape for African Americans prior to and following Brown v. Board of Education.<br /> <br /> Archive of 54 original vernacular photographs including silver gelatin and Kodacolor prints created between circa 1928 and 1960 with identified dates inscribed on twenty-four images including 1929 1930 1935 1939 1948 1950 1951 1953 and 1954. One photograph is captioned "Savannah Georgia in 1953" providing a geographic anchor within the segregated American South. The archive includes school portraits studio portraits informal domestic scenes outdoor images and urban settings. Several photographs bear inscriptions on the verso including "To Aunt Bea with love April 24 1959" indicating circulation within extended family networks. Notable images include a young Black man posed in a 1940s suit and fedora alongside U.S. Army khaki uniform elements during the World War II period a child on a tricycle with her father a mother with two children in a park a sleeping newborn and two girls posed before a sign reading "Real Leagues." Photograph sizes range from approximately 2 x 1.5 inches to 7 x 5 inches with most measuring around 4 x 2.5 inches. Taken together the archive offers a longitudinal visual record of African American life across three decades that saw the Great Migration World War II military service and the early Civil Rights Movement reshape Black social and political experience. The presence of military-associated imagery aligns with broader patterns of African American enlistment and postwar demands for civil rights while leisure scenes family gatherings and children's portraits document continuity of community formation under segregation. The inclusion of dated photographs enhances the archive's utility for reconstructing timelines of family and social history while inscriptions and regional references provide anchors for localized study. Light toning present in some images with occasional warping and minor edge cracking; most photographs remain sharp and legible. Overall very good. unknown
Référence libraire : 17811
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Photography
Portrait of a Female Doctor and Nurses in a Group of 6 Medical Professionals
Albumen portrait of a female doctor in a group of 6 medical professionals. 3.5" x 3" inches. Circa 1910. Albumen print. Photo shows six medical professionals three seated in front with three standing in back. The front row includes one male in doctor's white coat and black tie sitting front and center with the woman standing behind him also in white coat and tie. Beside him is a woman dressed in high collar and waistcoat not medical wear and a man in a black suit. The woman in the white coat is flanked by two nurses in uniforms one beaming happily the other more apprehensive. The subjects are photographed against a brick wall. The female doctor wears a strong proud expression fitting for a pioneer in her field. The postures and positions of the figures in a mixed-gender group of medical professionals indicates the hierarchical dynamics of the time with the female doctor standing instead of sitting subordinate to her male colleague. But her presence in the practice as a female doctor would have been extraordinary during the time. Seems to have been removed from an album due to paper on verso. Overall very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 17857
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African American Photography
Tintype Photograph of African American Baby C. 1870
Tintype photograph of African American baby. C. 1870. Measuring 2.5" x 4.5" inches. The baby wears a white smock and sits propped in a chair eyes wide and focused off camera expression curious. This photo comes from a time just after emancipation when African Americans were creating new lives for themselves since Tintypes were invented in 1855 and used mostly during the 1860s and 1870s and is an original photographic image on a thin sheet of metal or iron that has been coated with a dark lacquer or enamel. Photography was one way to commemorate freedom and memorialize family life a practice not possible under slavery when African Americans did not have access to photography or the means to procure it. Minor bending to tintype wear and some scratches. 3 corners clipped. The image focus and clarity is very good. In good condition overall. unknown
Référence libraire : 17944
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Photography
19th Century Photo Archive of Old Paris
1880. Paris in the nineteenth century photo archive of 9 albumen prints on original photographer's cardstock with thin red borders. C. 1880s. Cabinet size 6.5" x 4.25" inches. The photographs were issued by "BTE Guerard" a photography and estampe publisher located at "204 Rue de Rivoli" by "Au Jardin des Tuileries" with his label on the verso of each photo Vintage sepia photos of famous Parisian landmarks including the Le Boulevard Saint-Martin the Arc of Triomphe the opera the place de la Concord Saint Germain and the Madeline on Rue Royale. Some of the images show Paris streets before the automobiles with multiple horse-drawn carriages and Parisians in nineteenth century clothing. One other image shows a panoramic view of famous Paris bridges on the Seine with the Notre Dame in the background. A look back through time at the famous streets and monuments of Paris. Interestingly the architecture remains the same to date but the streets have grown crowded and the carriages replaced with cars. Images are sharp with good contrast. All cabinet cards in very good condition. unknown
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African American Family Life Photography
African American Family Life and Domestic Culture Vernacular Photo Album 1940s to 1950s
1940. Unidentified compiler photograph album pages 1940s to 1950s documenting African American family life across domestic social and community settings in the mid-twentieth-century United States. The material provides primary visual evidence of kinship structures self-presentation and everyday experience supporting research into African American social history family dynamics and cultural expression during a period shaped by wartime and postwar transitions. The images collectively present a sustained view of one family's lived experience across multiple environments including home church school and leisure spaces.<br /> <br /> Archive of 27 original silver gelatin photographs mounted on seven black album pages. The photographs depict a range of individuals and groupings including couples siblings children and extended family members. One sequence shows a young couple posed formally the woman's engagement ring visible followed by a second image of the pair in a close embrace turned away from the camera suggesting both public presentation and private intimacy. Another grouping of five photographs presents four women posed individually before a house each facing the camera with similar posture and expression indicating familial resemblance and coordinated self-presentation. Additional images include family scenes with small children a man in a suit and hat posed beside the polished hood of an automobile and a line of women in tailored suits and hats dressed for an outing. A photograph of a woman seated on a small pier her hair blown back as she looks toward the water bears the inscription "To Mary Sincerely Gladys" indicating personal exchange and memory-making within the album's compilation.<br /> <br /> 27 photographs mounted on seven pages measuring approximately 14 x 11 inches; individual photographs range from approximately 3.25 x 4 inches to 3 x 2.5 inches. Mid-twentieth-century vernacular photography of African American families contributes to the documentation of everyday life beyond institutional archives capturing moments of aspiration stability and interpersonal connection during decades marked by migration and social change. Light sunning visible on some images mounts stable and photographs clear; overall very good condition. A cohesive family-centered visual record illustrating African American domestic and social life in the 1940s and 1950s. unknown
Référence libraire : 18202
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Selz, Jean (ed)
Photographie 1939
Paris: Arts Et Metiers Graphiques 1938. First Edition. . Spiral Bound Printed Wrapper. Very Good. Printed fabric covers Pierre Boucher design Spiral bound. 12pp. 90 Heliogravure plates 4 text 8 colour plates 1 fold-out 28 pp. text & adverts. French text. Contains Heliogravure plates by Brassai Bill Brandt Ylla Stephen Deutch Ralph Bartholomew Pierre Boucher Gaetan Fouquet Sougez Weston Fred G. Korth Erwin Blumenfeld Hein Gorny Florence Henri Pierre Boucher Georges Martin Pierre Vals Maywald Hisao Okamoto Marie et Borel George Hurrel Nancy Wynne Marcel Bovis André Steiner Pierre Jahan Grete Popper Estelle Campell Germaine Martin Rémy Duval Herber List Thomas Bouchard Sybille de Kaskel Heinrich Heidesberger G. Powell E. A. Heiniger Bob Leavitt George Platt-Lynes Marcel Bovis Nora Dumas Florent Fels Marcel Gautherot Lacheroy G. Karquel M. K. Machatschek Laure Albin Guillot Liu Shu-Chong Estelle Campbell René Adelys Renata Riederer René Jaques Remie Lohse Pierre Adam Clarence-John Laughlin Ruth Bernhard Philippe Pottier Hirsh Heinrich Heidesberger Louise Dahl-Wolfe P. Ingemann Lekaer Eva Besnyo Parry Dahl et Geoffrey Collins Jean Moral and Berenice Abbott. Photographie was an annual special issue of the magazine Arts et Metiers Graphiques entirely dedicated to photography. Published under the direction of Charles Peignot Arts et Metiers Graphiques was famous for its new photographic vision and has become the "Who's Who"of modern photography. Covers shelfworn edgeworn some soiling contents very good. 18108/753 Size: 310mm. x 250mm. <br/> <br/> Arts Et Metiers Graphiques unknown
Référence libraire : 018108
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sous la direction d'Alexandre Gady ; photographies de Francois Poche
L'hôtel de la Marine
Paris: N. Chaudun 2011. Hardcover. Good/Good. 247 x 349 x 23 cm. François Poche. Hardcover • Illustrations en noir et en couleurs couverture et jaquette illustrées en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. N. Chaudun hardcover
Référence libraire : PM234201M ISBN : 2350391140 9782350391144
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sous la direction de Reginald Groux ; introduction Ingrid Bonwitt ; presentation Amaelle Favreau ; photographies Reginald Groux
Marionnettes du Mali : masques et marionnettes du Théâtre Sogobo : exposition itinérante France 2007
Montreuil Seine-Saint-Denis: Gourcuff Gradenigo ; Au fil du fleuve 2007. Trade paperback. Good/Not issued. 221 x 284 x 21 cm. Reginald Groux. Paperback • Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs couverture illustrée en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Gourcuff Gradenigo ; Au fil du fleuve paperback
Référence libraire : PM232702M ISBN : 2353400310 9782353400317
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avant-propos, Laurence Mattet ; introduction, Renato Caprini ; postface, Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller ; photographies, Studio Ferra
Bijoux de l'homme collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller bijoux de la terre collection Alexis Barbier-Mueller : exposition Genève Musée Barbier-Mueller 1er décembre 2009-15 septembre 2010 : catalogue
Paris: Somogy 2009. Hardcover. Good/Good. 219 x 281 x 17 cm. Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet. Hardcover • Illustrations en noir et en couleurs jaquette illustrée en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. [Somogy] hardcover
Référence libraire : PM234401Z ISBN : 275720355x 9782757203552
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photographies de Carol-Marc Lavrillier ; textes de Yann le Pichon
Rodin "la Porte de l'Enfer"
Lausanne ; Paris: Pont-Royal ; diff. R. Laffont 1988. Hardcover. Good/Not issued. 245 x 310 x 25 cm. Hardcover • Illustrations • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Pont-Royal ; diff. R. Laffont hardcover
Référence libraire : PM230102Z ISBN : 2221900014 9782221900017
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[photographies de] Patrick Fabre ; texte, Georges Chatain
Ardoises et ardoisières : pays de Corrèze
Limoges: Culture & patrimoine en Limousin 2003. Hardcover. Good/Good. 245 x 250 x 17 cm. Patrick Fabre. Hardcover • Illustrations en couleurs jaquette illustrée en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Culture & patrimoine en Limousin hardcover
Référence libraire : PM304802Q ISBN : 291116735X 9782911167355
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African American Woman Photography
African American Woman Cabinet Card Photo
1870. 19th century original Cabinet card photo of a young African American woman most likely from 1870s or 1880s shortly following the emancipation of slaves and the 13th amendment. This picture captures the young woman staring starkly off-camera wearing a formal high-collared button-up dress and her hair done up in a style which was typical for African American women of the time. Measures 4.5" x 6.5" and Back of card reads: "C. Jackson's Old Reliable Gallery 105 North Main Street. Hannibal MO. and is in very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 18648
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African American House Servant Photography
Stereoview of an African American House Servant Holding a Tray
Albumen stereoview of an African American house servant holding a tray. 6" x 3 1/8". The subject of this photograph is an older African American woman dressed in housemaid attire. She holds a duster upright in one hand. With the other she balances a tray of indiscernible objects on her lap. There is a basket of various spools in the background. This is possibly from George Barnard's "South Carolina Views" series 1873-1880 a collection that focused on Black laborers in the Reconstruction South. Barnard is perhaps most famous for his photographic documentation of Civil War ruination and hardship most of which he captured while under General Sherman's command. This inch picture is in very good condition; it is an fascinating cultural artifact of African-American domestic workers in the postwar South. unknown
Référence libraire : 18593
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photographies Araldo de Luca, texte Antonella Magagnini ; traduction Cecile Breffort
L'art de Pompéi
Paris: Gründ 2010. Hardcover. Good/Good. 302 x 362 x 25 cm. Araldo de Luca. Hardcover • Illustrations en couleurs couverture illustrée en couleurs • <b><i>French text translated from Italian</i></b>. Gründ hardcover
Référence libraire : PM310202M ISBN : 2700029623 9782700029628
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African-American 19th Century Photography
African-American Woman 19th Century Cabinet Card Photograph
1880. African American Photography Cabinet card photograph depicts an attractive young African American woman in formal dress. She wears a high collar with a golden brooch and has a serious expression. Circa 1880s. Photography studio is C. Jackson's located in Hannibal Missouri. 6.5" x 4." Card bears front gilt caption: "Hannibal Mo. Jackson. Pittsfield MS." On the back is the photography studio's address and logo printed in ornate gilt. Very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 18884
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texte de Fabienne Joubert ; photographies de Joel Cuenot
Arbres de pierre : les Arbres de Jessé de l'hospice Saint-Roch à Issoudun
Meudon Issoudun: Ed. J. Cuenot Ville d'Issoudun 1991. Hardcover. Good/Good. 32 cm. Joël Cuenot. Hardcover • Illustrations • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Ed. J. Cuenot, Ville d'Issoudun hardcover
Référence libraire : PM314201M ISBN : 2863480197 9782863480199
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Eliane Bolomier ; photographies de Gilles Rose
Le chapeau : grand art et savoir-faire
Paris Chazelles-sur-Lyon: Somogy Musée du chapeau 1996. Hardcover. Good/Good. 262 x 288 x 18 cm. Gilles Rose. Hardcover • Illustrations en noir et en couleurs couverture illustrée • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Somogy, Musée du chapeau hardcover
Référence libraire : PM314704M ISBN : 2850562548 9782850562549
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African-American Baptism Photography
African-American Baptism on a Charlotte NC Farm 1921
1921. African-American Photography A silver gelatin photograph of an African-American baptism held on Charlotte North Carolina farmland. Dated July 3 1921. Measuring at 3" x 4.5". A multitude of African-American families congregate beside a lake on a lush farm witnessing a baptism. African-American baptisms in the South were typically held in summer months often in rivers lakes and bayous. In the photo both men and women wear large hats to obstruct the Southern summer heat. In the foreground alongside the lake a woman holds her child in arms whilst others stand to bear a clearer view. In the lake church officials dressed in all white garments baptize an African-American baby. Families alongside the outer parts of the lake attempt to catch a better glimpse by hovering closer to the area in which the baptism is being held. Lush trees appear in the background revealing the vast nature of the farmland. Penciled writing on the verso reads "Negro Baptism on Daddy's Farm Charlotte NC July 3rd 1921" suggesting that it was written by the child of the farm owner. In very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 18965
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WH Jackson & Co Photography W H
William Henry Jackson Albumen Photograph of Grand River Canon Colorado 1886
1886. Colorado Photography Western Americana Original albumen photograph of a Glenwood Canyon rock formation identified as the Portals in Garfield County Colorado. The scenery is presented as "840. The Portals of Grand River Canon. D&R.G.RR" on the lower margin. 1886. 7" x 4.5". Presents a captivating view of a Glenwood Canyon's vast sedimentary rocks housing the path of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. Notable American Photographer William Henry Jackson captures a serene moment as the Colorado sunlight beams onto one section of the canyon. In the foreground he captures a glimpse of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad adjacent to the Colorado River. An official photography stamp reads "W.H. Jackson & Co. Photographers of Rocky Mountain Scenery Denver Colorado." on the verso. William Henry Jackson established established a studio in Denver Colorado and produced a huge inventory of national and international views. He incorporated himself as W.H. Jackson Photograph and Publishing Company in 1883. Missing part of bottom right corner not affecting text or photo. In very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 18952
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African American Photography
African American Studio Portraiture and Self-Presentation in the Interwar Period Wallet Photograph Archive ca. 1920s-1930s
1920. Archive of fourteen small-format studio portrait photographs depicting African American men women and children during the interwar period offering a focused visual record of self-representation dress and identity formation within Black communities in the era of segregation. Produced within commercial studio settings the portraits reflect the role of photography as a means of asserting dignity respectability and participation in modern visual culture at a time when mainstream representations of African Americans were limited and often distorted. The sitters appear in a range of composed poses including formally dressed men in suits and ties-some wearing brimmed hats associated with urban style and aspirational identity-and women presented with direct composed gazes emphasizing self-possession and presentation. Additional images include subjects in more casual or work attire indicating a spectrum of social and occupational identities while maintaining the shared conventions of studio portraiture. Two photographs of children extend the archive across generations underscoring the importance of photographic images within family and community networks.<br /> <br /> Fourteen original photographs ca. 1920s-1930s primarily sepia-toned silver gelatin prints with one example featuring hand-colored background elements. Each photograph is small "wallet-size" ranging approximately from 1.25 x 1.25 inches to 2.5 x 1.25 inches. The images are tightly framed consistent with commercial studio production and feature neutral or lightly decorative backdrops. Several subjects appear in multiple poses suggesting a shared studio session or related photographic context. The format indicates intended use as personal keepsakes exchanged portraits or album inserts within kinship and social networks. General wear consistent with age and handling including creasing edge wear and surface abrasions; two images exhibit notable fading and reduced contrast. The remaining photographs retain clear detail and tonal range. Overall condition good. A cohesive vernacular archive documenting African American portrait practices and social identity in the early twentieth century. unknown
Référence libraire : 19004
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African American Woman Tintype Photography
Full length Tintype of Attractive African American Woman
19th century Tintype photograph of lovely young African American woman. Size 3.5" x 2.5." A young woman wearing a fashionable two-piece gown stands upright. Her dress has a high collar with intricate ruffles along the bodice. She rests one hand on the back of a cushioned chair and looks directly in the camera. The room or studio background behind her appears ornate with indoor plants thick brocade curtains and a hand painted mural on the wall. Very good contrast and condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 18947
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Women's Mobility Photography
Women's Mobility in Suffrage Times Photo Archive
Women's Mobility in Suffrage Times Photo Archive. Collection of 4 photographs of women on horses and bicycles; sizes range from 3" x 4" to 8" x 6.5" including a cabinet card with a photographer's mat measuring 8" x 10." In the age of women's suffrage means of travel and mobility were synonymous with social autonomy and self-sufficiency. Because it was considered progressive and unconventional suffragettes often rode horses to demonstrations. Similarly bicycles became a symbol of freedom and independence; early feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony famously declared that "woman is riding to suffrage on the bicycle." Their efforts were well worth it; today women make up the majority of licensed drivers in America. The feminists pictured here sport expressions of pride and determination as if they already know they are making history. Very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 19016
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texte de Gwenc'hlan Le Scouezec, photographies de Jean-Robert Masson
Bretagne mégalithique
Paris: Seuil 1987. Hardcover. Good/Good. 32 x 255 x 4 cm. Jean-Robert Masson. Hardcover • Illustrations • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Seuil hardcover
Référence libraire : PM317103M ISBN : 2020098237 9782020098236
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Florence Muller ; preface de Jean Zorbibe ; photographies, Jacques Boulay, Jean-Michel Tardy
Lancel
Paris: Éd. du Regard 1995. Hardcover. Good/Good. 246 x 329 x 25 cm. Jacques Boulay Jean-Michel Tardy. Hardcover • Illustrations en noir et en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Éd. du Regard hardcover
Référence libraire : PM317204M ISBN : 2841050300 9782841050307
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African American Photography
African American Portraiture Tintype of Young Black Woman in Lace Collar Case Photograph Neff Patent 1856
1856. Neff Hamilton L. tintype portrait circa mid-1850s documents early photographic representation of an African American woman during the formative period of American vernacular portraiture when free Black individuals increasingly participated in studio photography as a means of self-presentation and social visibility. The image situates the sitter within mid-nineteenth-century photographic practice associated with Neff's patented tintype process which expanded access to portraiture beyond elite clientele. The subject's composed seated pose formal dress and direct presentation align with conventions of dignity and respectability that characterized Black studio portraiture in the antebellum and immediate pre-Civil War period.<br /> <br /> Ninth plate tintype photograph measuring approximately 2 1/2 x 2 2/3 inches. The image depicts a young African American woman seated with arms crossed in her lap wearing a dress with a lace collar. The plate bears the stamp "Neff's Pat. Feb. 56" along the upper edge indicating production within the period following Hamilton L. Neff's 1856 patent associated with early tintype processes. The photograph is housed in a full wooden case with a gold velvet interior on the opposing side and a gold-toned metallic mat surrounding the image. The portrait is taken at midlevel and presents the sitter against a darkened field consistent with early tintype tonal characteristics.<br /> <br /> Tintype photography introduced in the 1850s enabled more affordable and portable portrait production contributing to the broader inclusion of African American subjects in photographic archives during a period otherwise marked by limited formal representation. Portraits such as this one provide visual evidence of self-fashioning dress and studio conventions among Black sitters in the antebellum United States offering material for the study of race identity and visual culture. Image slightly dark with expected tonal depth; case intact with light wear; overall very good condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 18590
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Harcourt (Photography Studio).
B&W Photo of French actor Jean Berton 1906 - 1979.
Paris France: Harcourt ca. 1950. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. B&W glossy photograph. VG with minor corner creases. Provenance Paul Paulet French actor from the 1930s-1970s Paris, France: Harcourt, [ca. 1950]. unknown
Référence libraire : 68-4252
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Erpe (Nice Photography Studio).
B&W Photo of seated man facing two seated women.
Nice France: Erpe 1944. 16 x 22.5 cm. Sepiatone photograph mounted on board. Very Good with minor wear at corners and edges. Provenance Paul Paulet French actor from the 1930s-1970s Nice, France: Erpe, [1944.] unknown
Référence libraire : 68-4333
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[M Laubert (photography studio in Nice).]
B&W Photo of French actor Geriaurch Gallaud with signed dedication.
Nice France: M. Laubert 1929. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. Sepiatone photograph. Very Good with minor creasing and wear at corners. Provenance Paul Paulet French actor from the 1930s-1970s Nice, France: [M. Laubert], 1929. unknown
Référence libraire : 68-4259
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PHOTOGRAPHY SMITH, Edwin
All the Photo-Tricks.
The Focal Press London. 1940. First edition. Octavo. pp 276 4 adverts. Pictorial boards. Numerous diagrams as well as photographs showing the various angles and manipulations under discussion.Fore-edge thumbed. Covers rubbed at edges and joints. Good only but a very scarce handbook. The Focal Press, London. hardcover
Référence libraire : PHOTOGRA015887
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PHOTOGRAPHY GILL, Stephen
A Book of Field Studies.
Chris Boot London. 2004. First edition. Square octavo. 240 pages mostly devoted to Gill's colour photographs of people with earphones cash points people with shopping trolleys people staring out of train windows roadworks etc. Introduction by Jon Ronson.Signed by the photographer on the title-page.Fine in fine dustwrapper. Chris Boot, London. unknown
Référence libraire : PHOTOGRA015888
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PHOTOGRAPHY CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri
Man and Machine.
IBM World Trade Corporation New York. 1969. First edition. Oblong quarto. 116 pages almost all of which are devoted to the black-and-white photographs of people engaged in activity with machines of varying levels of sophistication and in many different countries. Single-page unsigned introductory text. The book was commissioned by IBM.Presentation copy from the photographer inscribed by him on the half-title page: ''to Michael whose ears can operate even without a Machine - tr�s amicalement - Henri''.Head and tail of spine scuffed. Very good. No dustwrapper. Signed copies of this book are very scarce. IBM World Trade Corporation, New York. unknown
Référence libraire : PHOTOGRA015898
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Photography Studio (Yugoslavia).
King Peter II of Yugoslavia. 1923-1970.
Yugoslavia: Photography Studio circa 1937. B&W photograph. 18 x 13 cm sheet. Very Good. [Yugoslavia: Photography Studio], circa 1937. unknown
Référence libraire : 71-5666
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B Keita, Jean Michel Photographie
Postcard with plate of musician Herbie Hanock
USA: 1900s. 18mo. Cardstock. Very Good. 2 pp.Black and white plate of 'Herbie Hancock' on recto postcard with handwriting on verso.En Francais [USA]: [1900s] unknown
Référence libraire : 75-2336
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PHOTOGRAPHY HOPP�, EO E O
The Image of London.
Chatto & Windus London. N.D. c 1935. First edition. Quarto. The 7th title in the Life and Art in Photograph series. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Faint sign of damp to bottom corner of rear cover. Very good indeed in very good slightly chipped dustwrapper faded and staring to spilt at the spine. Chatto & Windus, London. unknown
Référence libraire : PHOTOGRA016533
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PHOTOGRAPHY SEDGFIELD, Russell
The Thames Illustrated by Photographs.
A. Marion London. 1866. First edition. Square octavo. 30 pages. Thirteen mounted photographs: the ferry Cliefden; Richmond Bridge; Teddington Weir; Thames Ditton; etc. Original cloth gilt. All edges gilt. Over the next two years Sedgfield published a second and third series. Having at an early age taken out a licence to operate Fox Talbot's calotype process he went on to become an eminent landscape photographer.Front inner hinge starting to crack but tight. Near fine. A bright copy and scarce thus. A. Marion, London. hardcover
Référence libraire : PHOTOGRA016563
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PHOTOGRAPHY SANDWITH, Francis
London by Night.
Chatto & Windus London. 1935. First edition. Royal octavo. pp x 100 plates from photographs almost all of which are by Francis Sandwith who also writes the amusing two-page introduction. The subtitle is slightly misleading as it refers to the number of images rather than any time-span. A reminder of just how gloomy miserable and downright deserted London once was after dark. Small ink stamp on front free endpaper. Near fine in near-fine slightly nicked dustwrapper. Chatto & Windus, London. unknown
Référence libraire : PHOTOGRA016834
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography,
Another Continent January 28-March 22 1994
Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1994. 8vo. Soft cover. 161 pp. Very good. Color and B&W plates. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1994 paperback
Référence libraire : 75-3347
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography,
Another Continent January 28-March 22 1994
Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1994. 8vo. Soft cover. 161 pp. Very good. Color and B&W plates. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1994 paperback
Référence libraire : 75-3346
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