Introduction by Timothy Samuelson; Produced in collaboration with the Chicago Historical Society; Black cloth, blind titles, pictorial endpapers/pastedown, & lush photographs, many in color; A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket; 192 pages. Size: 10"x11.75". Seller Inventory # BM0710

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Title: Building Images: Seventy Years of ...

Publisher: Chronicle Books, San Francisco

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Hedrich Blessing

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Nobody can make a building soar like the architectural photographers of Hedrich Blessing. Since 1930, they have been the world's messenger of modern architecture. Based in Chicago, the architectural photography firm has achieved an international reputation that extends far beyond its regional association, and has made them the photographers of choice for some of the greatest architects of our time. Coinciding with a major retrospective at the Chicago Historical Society, Building Images: Seventy Years of Photography at Hedrich Blessing chronicles the history of this groundbreaking firm with close to 150 dazzling shots of architectural and design masterpieces by such greats as Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Kahn, Eliel Saarinen, Bruce Graham, and many more. Architectural historian and memoirist Tony Hiss contributes a lyrical, insightful essay on what makes the assiduous photographers of Hedrich Blessing rise above the rest. Building Images brings the majesty, nuance, and poetry of our era's great buildings to light with these indelible photographs.

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Tony Hiss is the author of five previous books, including The Experience of Place and the much acclaimed From Alger's Window: A Son's Memoir. He is a leading figure in the emerging science of place and lives in New York City.

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