The Work of Joe Webb: Appalachian Master of Rustic Architecture

Cox, Reuben

ISBN 10: 0912330856 / ISBN 13: 9780912330853

Published by Jargon Society, 2009

About this Item

Signed by Reuben Cox on title page, handsome dust jacket in mylar jacket protector, forest green cloth boards, glossy pages, 35 page essay by Cox before the glossy photographs appear.

Seller Inventory # 004940

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Work of Joe Webb: Appalachian Master of Rustic Architecture
• Publisher: Jargon Society
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912330856
• ISBN 13: 9780912330853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

During the 1920s and 1930s, builder Joe Webb constructed nearly three dozen log homes in the tiny Appalachian town of Highlands, North Carolina. The cabins were built without the aid of power tools—or architectural plans—and all of these exquisite structures are located within a five-mile radius.

In The Work of Joe Webb, photographer Reuben Cox captures the atmosphere and ambience of these idiosyncratic and important historic buildings. Using a large-format field camera, Cox has documented all of Webb's extant cabins. Beautifully presented in tritone, his images explore the lush, rhododendron-filled settings of Webb's constructions as well as the rich grain of their chestnut and pine posts and beams. Cox, a Highlands native, also includes an essay that places the work within a regional and historical context. Yet this is less an analytical taxonomy of Webb's cabins than an expansive meditation in which Cox employs his own art to understand another man's life work and the extraordinary qualities of that which is handmade and unique.

About the Author

Reuben Cox is a photographer who divides his time between Highlands, North Carolina, and New York City. Cox's work has appeared in several one-man shows and is represented by Bespoke Gallery. His photographs have also appeared inBlind Spot, Aperture, Doubletake, the New York Times Magazine, theNew Yorker, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, House and Garden, and other publications. Find out more about Cox and his work at www.reubencox.us.