Synopsis
Prints 130 tri-toned black-and-white images scanned from negatives in the collection of the Library of Congress. Jones’s book is the first to deal exclusively with the 35mm negatives that FSA director Roy Stryker killed with a hole punch during the early years of the project (1935-39). The book brings to light destroyed or defaced photographs by Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, John Vachon, and others; it also includes two essays by Jones discussing the images and possible reasons for their suppression. Oblong 4to.; black-and-white photographs; tan cloth over boards, stamped in white; printed white label on spine. Edition of 1000 copies.
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Killed: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration
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PPP Editions, 2010
ISBN 10: 0971548080
ISBN 13: 9780971548084
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Limited Edition (1000 copies) ; Tight and clean. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. In Very Good condition. ; 157 photographs by Walker Evans, Theodor Jung, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, and John Vachon. ; The photographs of the Farm Security Administration form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This volume publishes 157 rejected or 'killed' images submitted to the collection by photographers. Jones's book is the first to deal exclusively with the 35mm negatives that FSA director Roy Stryker killed with a hole punch during the early years of the project (1935-39). The author uses these images to raise questions of why images would be 'killed' and to suggest that our present society would benefit from a similar photographic record of American life. ; Oblong 4to ; 168 pages. Seller Inventory # 32828