Items related to Illuminations
Synopsis
This book is an exquisitely printed compilation of Carter's fifteen-year project of portraying the nude, not as a sex object, but as a spiritual document; accompanied by a series of brief essays. Carter (b.1934) was a writer and jazz musician in NYC when he decided to become a photojournalist. He is known for his books on ghost towns (Ghost Towns of the West), jazz (Preservation Hall) and Middle West Country. 120 pages; 75 duo-toned b&w photographic plates; 10 x 10.5 inches.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher
Capping the author's 35-year career as a photographer-writer, this work is both a culmination and a starlingly fresh departure. Carter's earlier books won awards on such diverse topics as the jazz musicians of New Orleans and the ghost towns of the American West. Illuminations, printed on sumptuous paper by state-of-the-art presses in Florence, Italy, is a once a highly fresh, personal view of the human body, and an affirmation of many civilizations' deeply held values of form and beauty.
From the Author
One reason I photograph the nude is that I am concerned with universals. Clothing is specific to time and place; the body is not. In the fifteen years I needed to this book to fruition, the camera became, for me, a kind of third eye: an open gateway beween the inner and the outer, my models and my perceptions of them. Seeing is believing. Illuminations includes several of my favorite quotes. One is from Oscar Wilde: "Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate: the body instinct with spirit."
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherEditions One
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1881529142
- ISBN 13 9781881529149
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages120
Search results for Illuminations
Stock Image
Illuminations
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Over-sized softbound (quarto). AS NEW. No wear to the covers. No spine creasing from opening. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. Seller Inventory # MP21-2594A
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Illuminations
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # mon0003472714
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Illuminations
Published by
Editions One, 1996
ISBN 10: 1881529142
ISBN 13: 9781881529149
Used
Paperback
First Edition
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. 119pp. Original pictorial stiff wraps with flaps. Carter renders the human form in breathtaking detail. Pages are clean. Binding is strong. First Thus, Collectible. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No extraneous markings. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.78. Seller Inventory # 1326006214
Quantity: 1 available