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In Half-Frame, Marcy Robinson transforms simple objects into awe-inspiring forces. A rare half-frame camera discovered in a closet during Robinson's teen years inspired the title. The instrument, originally her grandfather's, uses only half the area of a 35-millimeter frame. Robinson exploits this to establish a unique viewpoint. She freezes the details of everyday scenes using plays on light and proportion that make photos, beds, window shades, traffic cones, chandeliers, paintings, grassy knolls and trees appear larger than life, yet diminutive and fragile. She makes the ordinary extraordinary: a wooden telephone pole spears a cloudy blue sky, a ghostly rectangle of dirt crosses the sinking black lines of a gutted swimming pool, the face of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz peers out from a lone coffee mug standing before a window of dark iron bars; or tiny dead deer lies across the never-ending yellow lines of a highway. The disproportion of such tender objects against dark or vast scenery, like the deer stretched out on the infinite ribbon of the interstate, strikes the eye like a flame. This collection--never before seen--gives the viewer a unique gift: new eyes with which to gaze on our environment. The result is that neither the small nuances nor the intimate relationships they denote to the artist go unnoticed.
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Marcy Robinson: Half-Frame; Baravarian, Jessica
Published by
Steidldangin, Gottingen / Great Britain, 2004
ISBN 10: 3865210341
ISBN 13: 9783865210340
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Hardcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in charcol cloth with cream titles. 112 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. VG. Ex-lib with minimal markings. Sticker on spine and inside rear board paste down. Besides being ex-lib book looks close to new. Seller Inventory # 205223
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Marcy Robinson: Half-Frame
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Oversized. Seller Inventory # M3865210341Z2
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Marcy Robinson: Half-Frame
Seller: Milbury Books, New Romney, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A very respectable copy with a touch of foxing & surface use to endpapers but full-page plates pristine throughout and no inscriptions or labels. The binding is tight and brown cloth boards have just a hint of wear to front top corner tip and faint stain to rear board close to spine. The dust wrapper has some surface wear to covers and front top corner, and a surface stain to rear cover near spine - certainly very presentable. Please see five pictures attached for a closer look. Seller Inventory # ABE-1674142794905
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Marcy Robinson Half-Frame
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Steidl, Gottingen, Germany. 2004. 112 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In Half-Frame, Marcy Robinson transforms simple objects into awe-inspiring forces. A rare half-frame camera discovered in a closet during Robinson's teen years inspired the title. The instrument, originally her grandfather's, uses only half the area of a 35-millimeter frame. Robinson exploits this to establish a unique viewpoint. She freezes the details of everyday scenes using plays on light and proportion that make photos, beds, window shades, traffic cones, chandeliers, paintings, grassy knolls and trees appear larger than life, yet diminutive and fragile. She makes the ordinary extraordinary: a wooden telephone pole spears a cloudy blue sky, a ghostly rectangle of dirt crosses the sinking black lines of a gutted swimming pool, the face of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz peers out from a lone coffee mug standing before a window of dark iron bars; or tiny dead deer lies across the never-ending yellow lines of a highway. The disproportion of such tender objects against dark or vast scenery, like the deer stretched out on the infinite ribbon of the interstate, strikes the eye like a flame. This collection--never before seen--gives the viewer a unique gift: new eyes with which to gaze on our environment. The result is that neither the small nuances nor the intimate relationships they denote to the artist go unnoticed. EB; 10.2 X 9.1 X 0.9 inches; 112 pages. Seller Inventory # 60904
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Half-Frame (Signed First Edition)
Published by
Steidl Dangin, Gottingen, Germany, 2004
ISBN 10: 3865210341
ISBN 13: 9783865210340
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Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. Edited by Jessica Baravarian. Features an introduction by Norman Locks. A collection of 51 color photographs by Robinson. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by Robinson on the title page. Uncommon as such. Seller Inventory # 192081
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Marcy Robinson: Half-Frame
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-3865210341
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Marcy Robinson: Half-Frame
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-3865210341-6
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