Syracuse: Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Schine Student Center, Syracuse University, 1996. First edition. 4to., [24] pp., 20 full-page plates after platinum photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes both a foreword and afterword by Jeffrey Hoone. This exhibition consisted of 20 platinum photographic prints, 16 x 23 inches. Issued as... More about VISITS.; November 11 - December 31, 1996
Tucson: Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona, 1981. Crane, Barbara. First edition. Oblong 8vo., x, 124 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs with Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are moderately rubbed with a few small creases. Very good. Barbara Crane (born 1928) has worked with the photographic image as... More about BARBARA CRANE: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1948-1980.; Imagination, Phototechnics, and Chance: The Work of...
Tucson: Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona, 1981. Crane, Barbara. First edition. Oblong 8vo., x, 124 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs with Pictorial stiff wrappers. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. A near fine copy. Barbara Crane (born 1928) has worked with the photographic image... More about BARBARA CRANE: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1948-1980.; Imagination, Phototechnics, and Chance: The Work of...
Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 1986. First edition. 4to., 78 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers in an identical dust jacket. Fine. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Centre national de photographie in Paris [December 18, 1986 - March 2, 1987]. Bilingual texts in English... More about REALITY AND MOTIVE IN DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY / LA RÉALITÉ ET LE DESSEIN DANS LA PHOTOGRAPHIE...
Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, (1978). Sheeler, Charles. First edition. Oblong 4to., 96 pp., many b&w photos, selected bibliographies. Printed wrappers. Slight soiling to the wrappers, else very good. "This exhibition focuses on how these two artists translated the architecture and machinery at the Rouge into their own unique artistic... More about THE ROUGE, THE IMAGE OF INDUSTRY IN THE ART OF CHARLES SHEELER AND DIEGO RIVERA
Firenze: Alinari, 1993. First edition. Oblong 4to., 189 pp., fully illustrated with b&w and tinted photographs. Printed paper over boards with a photographically illustrated dust jacket. Fine. An exceptional catalogue of nineteenth century photographs of the American West; with chapters by William F. Stapp and George P. Horse Capture. More about SEGNALI DI FUMO :; L'AVVENTURA DEL WEST NELLA FOTOGRAFIA
Cologne: Rudolf Kicken Galerie, 1983. Drtikol, Frantisek. First edition. Small 4to., 48 pp., 67 b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Drtikol's nudes. Printed in an edition of 1500 copies. In English. More about DRTIKOL.; Introduction by Daniela Mr zkov
Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2000. Dutton, Allen. First ed. 4to., 61 pp., 48 b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Prepared in conjunction with an exhibition of Dutton's photographs. Essay by Jane Livingston and introduction by Paul Roth. Using both his own photographs and from those in archives circa... More about STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE ARIZONA PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALLEN DUTTON
NY: Abbeville Press, 1984. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 276 pp., 164 color photographs. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by the editor on the blank front free endpaper. William Christenberry, Jim Dow, William Eggleston, Mitch Epstein, William Larson, Joel Meyerowitz, John Pfahl, Stephen Shore, Jo Ann Walters, et al. More about NEW COLOR/NEW WORK: EIGHTEEN PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS
NY: Aperture, 1975. Emerson, P.H. First edition. Oblong 4to., (vi), 266 pp.,profusely illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. A very thorough study of this noted photographer, often referred to as the "father of Pictorialism." Published as the catalogue for a major exhibition held at..... More about P.H. EMERSON: THE FIGHT FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE ART
NY: Radtke, Lauckner & Co., ca 1890. Single sheet, 10 3/8 x8 inches, with a copper etching of a rustic cabin on a lake with a sail boat in the background. In holograph on the lower margin is " At Brennan & Davis' Monday & Tuesday Apr 20th & 21st."... More about YOURSELF AND LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A VIEW OF ETCHINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PHOTOS, &C
(Kassel: Gesamthochschule Kassel, Fotoforum, 1977). First edition. Oblong 8vo., 263 pp., numerous b&w photo-illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Bumped corner, dusty wrappers, else very good. Prepared for an exhibition which was made up into two main groups: "Reflection of the Media" and "From Documentation to Fiction." German and English text; includes... More about PHOTOGRAPHY AS ART - ART AS PHOTOGRAPHY 2
(Praha): Umeleckoprumoyslové muzea v Praze, 1974. First edition. 8vo., (94) pp., 77 full-page b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Moderate soiling and wear to the wrappers; very good. Checklist of photographs laid in. The catalog is organized into portfolio sections with biographical data and several images by the following artists: Alphonse... More about OSOBNOSTI CESKÉ FOTOGRAFIE I
Petaluma, CA: Singer Photography, [1997]. First edition. 4to., 41 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photography. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Born in Russia, Faye escaped Poland in 1938 and landed in Zurich where she spent three years as the darkroom assistant to Gottard Schuh, who later took Robert Frank as... More about IRENE FAY: PHOTOGRAPHY 1936 - 1984
Austin: Published in cooperation with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery by the University of Texas Press, 1985. First edition. 4to., x, 164 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial paper over boards. A very good copy. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. More about THE FORMATIVE DECADES: PHOTOGRAPHY IN GREAT BRITIAN, 1839-1920
London: National Portrait Gallery, 1974. Stone, Sir Benjamin. First edition. 8vo., 32 pp., b&w photo-illustrations. Previous owner's name stamp and monogram in ink on the title page. Pictorial stiff wrappers, with a small stain on the rear. Very good. Prepared in conjunction with an exhibition. More about SIR BENJAMIN STONE, 1838-1914 & THE NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD ASSOCIATION, 1897-1910
Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Insitution in association with Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. First edition. Oblong 4to., 176 pp., 132 b&w and color photos, some folding. A fine copy in illustrated stiff wrappers. Includes: Richard Arentz, Linda Connor, Rick Dingus, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Roger... More about BETWEEN HOME AND HEAVEN: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY.; FROM THE CONSOLIDATED...
California: Center of the Visual Arts. 1969. Worth, Don. First edition. 4to. (ii), 13 pp., 13 full-page b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. Contributing photographers; Don Worth, Judy Dater, Michael Bishop, Jack Welpott, Oliver Gagliani, et al. More about VISUAL DIALOGUE FOUNDATION: EXHIBITION AS A FORM OF DIALOGUE
San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, [1996]. First edition. 4to., 101, [1] pp., full-page color & b&w plates from photographs. Slight scuffing to the color printed stiff wrappers with inner flaps. Fine. Published upon the occasion of an exhibition held at the Fraenkel Gallery, December 1996 - January 1997. Includes selections from... More about UNDER THE SUN.; Photographs by Christopher Bucklow, Susan Durges, Garry Fabian Miller, Adam Fuss
Florence: Fratelli Alinari, 1993 and 1998. First edition. 8vo., 225 pp., b&w and color photographs. Housed in publisher's cloth slipcase and boxed with 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) Accompanying CD-ROM entitled: La fotografia, una storia per immagini : Fratelli Alinari, 1852-2000. (Florence: Fratelli Alinari, 1998). Fine, as new... More about FRATELLI ALINARI: THE ARCHIVES. PRINTING PROCEDURES IN THE ALINARI ARCHIVES. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC...
NY: International Center of Photography, 1981. Freeman, Roland L. First edition. Oblong small 4to., unpaged 13 b&w photos. Catalogue listing for 107 photographs included in the exhibition. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. Prepared to accompany the traveling exhibition by this noted African-American photographer, which was organized and circulated by the ICP;... More about SOUTHERN ROADS/CITY PAVEMENTS.; Introduction by Cornell Capa
NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1987. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 152 pp., 125 b&w photos, 4 in color. A fine, as new copy in dust jacket. Published as the catalogue for a traveling exhibition which originated at MoMA. More about HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE EARLY WORK
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1986. Galgiani, Phillip. First edition. Square 8vo., (8) folding pages, 20 b&w images. Spiral bound illustrated stiff wrappers. The copy of the University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, with its neat stamp on the title-page. Near fine. An installation by this... More about SIMPLE CONJUNCTIONS.; Text by James Welling
San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1974. Owens, Bill. First edition. Square 8vo., unpaged, b&w photos. Stiff wrappers. A fine copy. Includes photos by: Bill Owens, Lew Thomas, Ellen Brooks, James Friedman, and others. More about NEW PHOTOGRAPHY: SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA
NY: Pantheon, 1982. First American ed., expanded from the catalogue published by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 4to., 59 pp., plus 108 b&w photographic illustrations. A fine, as new copy in illustrated stiff wrappers. More about AVANT GARDE PHOTOGRAPHY IN GERMANY, 1919-1939