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Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs

2015réf. 5258-72621Private library seal FTP else content appears as new unopened unread & unblemished in fine dark gray boards with DJ displaying minimal surface/edge wear as shown. Slight wrinkle top back corner. Signed by Author on FLEP. Private embossed library stamp "Dan Rouser". Back of DJ signed by Nan Porter. National Book Award Finalist: One of the Best Books of the Year/The New York Times Washington Post The San Francisco Chronicle Vogue NPR Publishers Weekly BookPage Synopsis: The book is honest about the price that Mann her husband and children paid for the family photos. Stung and alarmed by her critics Mann consulted a member of the F.B.I.'s Behavioral Sciences Department who confirmed her fears that "some people would be aroused by these pictures." Consolingly he added that "I don't think there is anything you can take a picture of that doesn't arouse somebody" but warned that the Manns might be in for "a rough time." Soon enough their rough time arrived in the person of "one obsessive who lived in an adjoining state" and who troubled "our waking and sleeping hours for years" with a barrage of letters and creepy requests for information about the children. "This is the first time I've publicly referred in any detail to the shadow this weirdo cast for so many years. I knew of course that it would only validate those critics who said I put my children at risk. . . . Unwittingly ignorantly I made pictures I thought I could control pictures made within the prelapsarian protection of the farm." It might have been informative to learn how the girl with a camera and barely enough money for a used car became . . . Sally Mann. Young photographers seeking tips on how to have a big career should look elsewhere though it's striking that this is missing from a book that contains so much highly personal information. Perhaps one subject that remains taboo is female ambition Near the end of the book Mann describes taking pictures at the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility known as the Body Farm a program that studies how human bodies left in the wild decompose and decay. "One thing about the helpless dead struck me right away: You want to fix them up to press the sagging lips together close the indiscreet legs wipe the dripping butt shutter the liquefying eyes." It seemed likely that good prints of these images might be beautiful but I couldn't help idly wondering who buys a photo of a bloated naked corpse face down in a field. I wanted to know if and where they hang it and if they explain to curious guests that it's a Sally Mann. At moments "Hold Still" may remind you of certain friends and relatives who seem to have been born with a desire to push people's buttons and a penchant for being genuinely surprised even upset when this provokes a response. In life such people are maddening inspired rarely dull and often a lot of fun all of which can be said about Sally Mann's memoir. Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise. Written 7.14.21AK #5258-72621 Img. 6496 Updated 10.27.25 Little, Brown & Co. hardcover

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Mann, Thomas; Hejduk, John (Lithographs); Shapiro, David (Afterword)Biblio.com

The Black Swan

1990réf. 18112301New York: The Limited Editions Club printed by Heritage Printers Inc. 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk John. No. 122 of 375 copies quarto size 193 pp. signed by John Hejduk with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann 1875-1955 a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in Venice". He wrote "The Black Swan" in 1954 and the novella revolves around an aging woman who must deal with her changing body and the expectations of an uncaring society that values youth over old age. Noted for being one of the first works to utilise hard medicine in the narrative "The Black Swan" is here published by the Limited Editions Club with lithographs by celebrated architect and artist John Hejduk 1929-2000 who brings an architect's eye for symmetry and simplicity in his geometric imagery. This edition includes an afterword by David Shapiro b. 1947 a prolific poet and literary critic whose first book was published when he was eighteen; offering insight and a sympathetic view of the brutality and bluntness often found in Mann's prose he writes "A master of X-ray Mann leads us to the master montage of disease itself. And to the possible health of love." ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather title in black on the front board black endpapers lithographs printed in two colours by John Hejduk throughout; Monotype Gill Sans mouldmade Rives Buff Text paper quarto size 12" by 9.25" pagination: i-vi 1-183 184-186 1 colophon one of 375 copies this number 122 signed by John Hejduk on the colophon. With LEC Monthly Letter a thirteen-page softcover booklet with two staples at the spine. In a slipcase covered in black cloth. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; spine is very slightly sunned else fine. The LEC Monthly Letter is near fine clean overall with a few stray marks the text block is sturdy without wear except at the corners and a small nick on the top edge of the rear cover. The slipcase is near fine strong and sturdy clean with some minor fraying to the cloth otherwise free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy book and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.) unknown

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