Rochester, NY: Aperture, 1964. Morgan, Barbara. First edition. 8vo., 42 pp., 23 b&w photographs. Stiff wrappers. Fine, but for a tiny bump to one tip. SIGNED. Special issue devoted to the photographs of Barbara Morgan and INSCRIBED by her. More about BARBARA MORGAN: APERTURE 11:1; Edited by Minor White
Silver gelatin photograph, 12 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. [32.3 x 27.3 cm.], printed on unmounted photographic stock, 17 x 15 3/8 in. SIGNED and dated in ink by the photographer beneath the image on the right, and titled in ink on the lower left margin. Additionally, signed and titled... More about SPRING - ON - MADISON SQUARE, 1938
[NY: WLIB, 1968]. Printed postcard, 6 1/8 x 4 in. [16.6 x 10.1 cm.] With two uncancelled 2 cent Thomas Jefferson stamps affixed to the blank verso. Fine. Founded by Elias Godofsky in 1942, WLIB went through several iterations, including classical music, jazz and gospel, with studios in Harlem. More about RADIO / WLIB / 1190 / AM WILL BROADCAST "ANALOGUE" FEATURING A CONVERSATION BETWEEN...
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, in cooperation with The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1980. Morgan, Barbara. First edition. Small 4to., unpaged, 50 b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED by the photographer. Includes introduction by Morgan, selected bibliography and biographical notes. More about BARBARA MORGAN: PHOTOMONTAGE
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. First edition. 4to., xix, 201 pp., b&w photo-illustrations. The printed stiff wrappers have shallow creases and are rubbed at edges; foxing along the lower edge and previous owner neat signature on the half-title page. A good copy. An historical overview, with short biographies of... More about VIEWFINDERS: BLACK WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS
Urbana, Illinois: Inky Press Productions, [1990]. Nettles, Bea. First edition. 4to., unpaginated, 46 b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. An innovator in photomechanical printmaking and artist's books, Bea Nettles (b. 1946, Gainesville, Florida) uses photographic imagery with a variety of processes, some of which she introduced to the lexicon. She... More about LIFE'S LESSONS: A MOTHER'S JOURNAL.; Introduction by Sandra Matthews. Preface by Terry Suhure
Reprinted by Permission, from Aperture, No. 1, Copyright 1952 by Minor White, 1952. 8vo., 15 pp., 1 photo illustration. Printed wrappers which are soiled, else a very good copy. A scarce ephemeral off-print from the first issue of Aperture. In this essay, Nancy Newhall establishes the need for a literacy... More about THE CAPTION: THE MUTUAL RELATION OF WORDS/ PHOTOGRAPHS
San Francisco: Chronicle Books in association with ICP, 1993. Norman, Dorothy. First edition. 8vo., 179 pp., numerous b&w photos. Illustrated paper over stiff wrappers. A fine copy in window-cut printed dust jacket. The first monograph of Norman's photographic work. More about INTIMATE VISIONS: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF DOROTHY NORMAN.; Edited and essay by Miles Barth. Preface by...
Danbury, NH: Addison House, (1978). Ockenga, Starr. First edition. 4to., 86 pp., over 50 full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page; laid-in is a note from her on her calling card. The photographer's second book. More about DRESSUP: PLAYACTS AND FANTASIES OF CHILDHOOD
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. Parker, Olivia. First edition. Oblong 4to., 53 full-page photographic plates, two color. A fine copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. The photographer's first book. Olivia Parker (b. 1941, Boston) received a B.A. in art history at Wellesley... More about SIGNS OF LIFE
Carmel: The Friends of Photography, 1987. Parker, Olivia. First edition. 4to., (6) pp., plus 40 full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight toning to the wrappers. Very good. Issued as UNTITLED 44. Parker's photographs are compositions comprised of still life constructions in which she incorporates subject matter from different eras... More about WEIGHING THE PLANETS
NY: Aperture, 1990. Plachy, Sylvia. First edition. 4to., unpaged, numerous full-page b&w photos, 33 rpm recording in pocket on rear pastedown. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is slightly light-struck. Sylvia Plachy has been a staff photographer for New York's Village Voice since 1982. Additionally, she has... More about SYLVIA PLACHY'S UNGUIDED TOUR.; Afterword by Guy Treday. Music by Tom Waits
Marcia Resnick, 1975. Resneck, Marcia. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (4) pp., plus 34 full-page b&w photos. Stiff wrappers with photo mounted on front. Moderate toning to the wrappers with a tiny crease to one tip of the front wrapper; a very good copy. Landscapes with a human figure at the... More about SEE
Munich / London: Schirmer Art Books, 1991. First English language edition. 4to., 151 pp., fully illustrated from b&w photographs. A near fine copy in the photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Bettina Rheims describes her photographic concern as "I love the flesh. I am a photographer of the skin." Exotic and erotic portraits... More about FEMALE TROUBLE; With a Foreword by Catherine Deneuve. Edited by Gina Kehayoff
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. First edition. 4to., 147 pp., chiefly illustrated with full-page plates from b&w photographs. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket which is slightly rubbed at the edges. SIGNED by Elinor B. Cahn and Joan C. Netherwood, photographers, on the title page. More about NEIGHBORHOOD, A STATE OF MIND.; Photographs and Interviews from the East Baltimore Documentary...
San Francisco: The Friends of Photography, 1989. Roberts, Holly. First edition. Small 4to., 15 pp., plus 37 full-page color photo-images. Illustrated stiff wrappers. A very good copy. Issued as UNTITLED 50. Roberts uses photography as a base for her intriguing paintings. More about HOLLY ROBERTS.; Introduction by David Featherstone
NY: Abbeville Press, 1994. First edition. 4to., 356 pp., over 250 b&w photo-plates. A fine copy in dust jacket. This volume explores the work of over 240 women photographers from the mid-1800s to the present; includes an extensive annotated bibliography and detailed individual biographies. More about A HISTORY OF WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS
[Princeton: Naomi Savage, 2002]. Savage, Naomi. First edition. 4to., (19) loose sheets with b&w images, with color printed front and rear covers and colophon sheet; all 8 1/2 x 11 inches. The illustrated covers and internal sheets are all printed by Xerography on glossy stock; the colophon is handwritten. These... More about COLOR ME
[New Paltz, New York]: Documentext, 1979. First edition. Oblong 4to., 281, [7] pp., largely illustrated from b&w photographs, drawings and collages. Previous owner's neat signature on the blank front free endpaper. A very good copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a tiny snag on the rear panel near... More about MORE THAN MEAT JOY: COMPLETE PERFORMANCE WORKS & SELECTED WRITINGS.; Edited by Bruce McPherson
NY: Rizzoli, [1993]. Sherman, Cindy. First edition. 4to., 240 pp., more than 200 images (140 in color). A fine copy in a lightly rubbed illustrated dust jacket. The first complete look at Sherman's body of work in which the artist has assumed various roles, from "B-movie starlet to Old Master model." More about CINDY SHERMAN, 1975 - 1993.; Text by Rosalind Kraus. Essay by Norman Bryson
NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, [1987]. Sherman, Cindy. First edition. 4to., 20 pp., plus 129 b&w and color photo-plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Issued as the catalogue for the exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, July 9 to October 4, 1987. More about CINDY SHERMAN; Essays by Peter Schjeldahl and Lisa Phillips
NY: Rizzoli, (1992). Sherman, Cindy. First edition. as such. Small square 4to., (32) pp., 15 color photo-illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket. Based on a tale by Brothers Grimm. More about FITCHER'S BIRD
Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1997. First edition. 4to., 118 pp., chiefly illustrated from color and b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED and dated by the photographer; additionally, with a signed presentation by Jan Howard. Published as the catalogue upon the occasion of the exhibition held May 28... More about LAURIE SIMMONS: THE MUSIC OF REGRET
Ft. Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1990. Sipprell, Clara. First edition. 4to., 149 pp., frontis, 4 color and 50 b&w plates and 46 illustrations in text. A fine, as new copy in the illustrated dust jacket. The first comprehensive study of this noted pictorialist photographer. Noteworthy is the extensive exhibition chronology and bibliography. More about CLARA SIPPRELL: PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Northhampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 119 pp., color and b&w plates after photographs, others in text. Yellow paper over boards. A near fine copy in the color illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED and dated on the half-title... More about SANDY SKOGLUND: REALITY UNDER SIEGE