NY: Aperture, (1994). Richards, Eugene. First edition. 4to., 132 pp., numerous b&w photos. A fine, as new copy in pictorial dust jacket and original shrinkwrap. Award-winning Magnum photographer, Richards here presents a vivid and revealing view of America. Text by the photographer. More about AMERICANS WE
NY: Aperture in association with Many Voices Press, 1986. Richards, Eugene. First edition. 4to., 167 pp., numerous full-page b&w photos. A fine copy in slightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket. Documentation of Dorothea Lynch's struggle with breast cancer, with her written diary and her longtime friend, Eugene Richards' photography. More about EXPLODING INTO LIFE
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition. 8vo., [xvi], 304 pp., 43 illustrations of which 18 are halftones from the author's photographs. Bound in publisher's full pale blue cloth, titled in gold and navy ink on the spine, and navy on the upper cover, showing some stains and fading. There... More about HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES; STUDIES AMONG THE TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK
NY: Aperture, 1999. Second revised edition. 8vo., (xxii), 142 pp., 27 b&w illustrations. A fine, as new copy in illustrated dust jacket. Provides, in part, a history of photojournalism and an introduction to computer-imaging technology and the ramifications of "enhanced" imagery in the future of photojournalism. This is a revision... More about IN OUR OWN IMAGE: THE COMING REVOLUTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY.; HOW COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING OUR...
NY: The Architectural League of New York and Cambridge/London: The MIT Press, 1987. First edition. Oblong 4to., xiv, 203 pp., 193 b&w photo-plates. Fine in dust jacket. A well-illustrated history of architectural photography and history of photography. Divided into four parts: 1839 to 1880; 1880 to 1930; 1930 to 1970; and 1970 to the Present. More about ARCHITECTURE TRANSFORMED: A HISTORY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BUILDINGS FROM 1839 TO THE PRESENT
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1999. Rodger, George. First English language edition. Small 8vo., (120) pp., 40 full-page b&w photos. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. George Rodger was one of Britain's most important documentary photographers; he became Life magazine's chief photojournalist during the war years; concentrating... More about VILLAGE OF THE NUBAS
NY: Pantheon Books, 1986. Salgado, Sebastião. First American edition. 4to., 111 pp. Illustrated with 40 b&w photographs, many of which are two page spreads. A near fine copy in a rubbed dust jacket. Translation of "Otras Américas", with new introduction by Alan RIding. Salgaldo spent seven years traveling and documenting..... More about OTHER AMERICAS.; Introductionby Alan Riding
Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns Nachf. [1931]. Salomon, Erich. First edition. Small 4to., 46 pp., and 112 b&w photos on 104 pp., with texts in German, English, French and Spanish. Plain card wrappers with the printed dust jacket affixed to the spine. The lower tip is bumped, there are small chips missing... More about BERÜHMTE ZEITGENOSSEN IN UNBEWACHTEN AUGENBLICKEN
Luzern and Frankfurt: Verlag C.J. Bucher, 1971. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., 313 pp., mounted portrait frontis, with 275 photos in black and white gravure. Paper over boards. A very good copy in illustrated dust jacket that is moderately worn. Text in German. More about MENSCHEN OHNE MASKE.; With biographical text by Gunther Sander and foreword by Golo Mann
Cambridge/London: The MIT Press, 1986. Sander, August. First English language edition. 4to., 63 pp. plus 431 full-page b&w plates. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. More about AUGUST SANDER: CITIZENS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.; PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS, 1892-1952. Text by...
Munich: Kurt Wolff, [1929]. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., [18] pp., with 60 full-page b&w plates after photos. Publisher's yellow cloth over flexible boards. The cloth is moderately soiled, with foxing along the outer edges of the text block and lightly on the blank first and last leaves. This copy... More about ANTLITZ DER ZEIT:; SECHZIG AUFNAMEN DEUTSCHER MENSCHEN DES 20.JAHRHUNDERTS VON AUGUST SANDER
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1980. Sander, August. First edition. 4to., 80 pp. plus 431 full-page b&w plates. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's plain card slipcase. The complete "portrait" that Sander had intended which includes a portfolio "Jewish Victims of Nazi Persecution" More about AUGUST SANDER: MENSCHEN DES 20.JAHRHUNDERTS. PORTRAITPHOTOGRAPHIEN, 1892-1952.; Text by Ulrich...
Berlin: Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1987. Seidenstücker, Friedrich. First edition. Small 4to., 159 pp., numerous b&w photos with captions. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Private library stamp and sticker affixed to the half titlepage, else near fine. German photographer Friedrich Seidenstücker (1883-1966) at first studied engineering and then sculpture; he turned fully to photography..... More about DER FASZINIERENDE AUGENBLICK; Edited by Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Oxford: Museum of Modern Art, 1985. First edition. 4to., 98, [6] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Light wear. Very good. This exhibition of one hundred and fifty prints has been selected from the many thousands of negatives which form the Casasola Archive. Its title, 'Tierra y.... More about TIERRA Y LIBERTAD!; PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEXICO, 1900 - 1935 FROM THE CASASOLA ARCHIVE
Millerton, NY: An Aperture Book, Publication made possible by United Technologies Corporation, 1981. First edition. 4to., 111 pp., b&w captioned photographs. A near fine copy in a pictorial dust jacket. INSCRIBED presentation to Grace Mayer from Bruce Davidson. Includes photographs by: Bischof, Capa, Cartier-Bresson, Davidson, Erwitt, Koudelka, Morath, Stock and... More about PARIS/MAGNUM: PHOTOGRAPHS 1935-1981
Zurich/ Berlin/ New York: Scalo, 1998. Sheikh, Fazal. First edition. 4to., 244, [3] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs including several gatefold panoramic views. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. More about THE VICTOR WEEPS: AFGHANISTAN
Tai Bei Shi: Xiong Shi, Edition: Chu Ban (Lions): (1998)? 8vo., 163 pp.; comprised of 17 pp. text and full-page b&w plates after photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers with flaps. Fine. A survey of photographs of China from Felice Beato, John Thomson, Donald Mennie, et al. All images are captioned in... More about SHE YING ZHONG GUO: 1860 NIAN- 1912 NIAN DE ZHONG GUO / THE FACE OF CHINA: 1860 - 1912
Boston: Boston University Art Gallery, 1994. First edition. Small 4to., [5], 44 pp., b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Price sticked on rear wrapper; near fine. Documentary photography and the African American experience by Kim Sichel; Seeing ourselves by Edmund Barry Gaither. African Americans in Boston: a demographic survey... More about BLACK BOSTON:; DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Providence: Matrix Publications, 1981. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 80 pp., b&w photographs. There is a 1/16 inch closed tear at the tip of the dust jacket on the rear, else a fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Aaron Siskind became a freelance photographer in 1932, the same year... More about HARLEM DOCUMENT: PHOTOGRAPHS 1932-1940; Foreword by Gordon Parks. Text From Federal Writers...
Providence: Matrix Publications, 1981. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 80 pp., b&w photographs. A fine cloth copy with the very good photo-illustrated dust jacket. Aaron Siskin became a freelance photographer in 1932, the same year he joined the Photo League in New York City. In 1936, a group of... More about HARLEM DOCUMENT: PHOTOGRAPHS 1932-1940; Foreword by Gordon Parks. Text From Federal Writers...
[Tokyo]: Hitachi, [1963]. Smith, W. Eugene. First edition. 4to., 79 pp., hundreds of b&w photographs printed in photogravure. Blue Japanese paper over boards, titled in gilt and issued without a dust jacket. Housed in a matching blue paper over boards, four-point portfolio, titled in gilt on the upper cover and... More about JAPAN... A CHAPTER OF IMAGE.; A Photographic Essay by W. Eugene Smith, with Carole Thomas
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1981. Smith, W. Eugene. First edition. 4to., 223 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos (over 1,800 images). A fine copy in a near fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. Smith's work appeared in major magazines beginning in the 1930s. During his forty-five year career as a photojournalist, he documented... More about W. EUGENE SMITH: MASTER OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
Chicago: Printed for the author by the Lakeside Press, 1899. Starr, Frederick. First edition. Oblong folio, 32 pp., 141 b&w captioned collotype plates printed recto one or two images to a plate. Gilt-titled cloth with a few tiny snags at the edges and light rubbing and spotting. Very good. Housed... More about INDIANS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ALBUM
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1962. Strand, Paul. First UK edition. 4to., 151 pp., 145 b&w photographs. There is a slight leaning at the spine and light toning to the endpapers, else near fine in the publisher's cloth. The photo-illustrated dust jacket shows light wear at the edges with a soft... More about TIR A'MHURAIN: OUTER HEBRIDES.; Photographs by Paul Strand
Pittsburgh: Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1980. Swank, Luke. First edition. Small 4to., 94 pp., 92 b&w photo-plates. With additional texts by Beaumont Newhall and Robert Doherty. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is slightly toned, lacking a few tiny chips at the spine crown, and is... More about LUKE SWANK