Camera Impression Samuel Chamberlain (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (NAP). Once listed, this will be the Only signed 1938 first edition (by the author/photographer) copy for sale on the Internet. Covers are in pretty decent shape, rub-through at the bottom spine end and rubbing at the corners, otherwise very good. The binding isn't terrible, could be better. One instance of a crack/space between two facing pages (only over top half), both pages firmly bound, covers solidly bound. Spot of soiling in the same place on signed title page and two next pages, otherwise very clean. No markings, no attachments. Photographer's signature only writing. Photographs are in excellent shape. 'Two notable architectural photographers of the twentieth century turned their lenses on Salem again and again: Frank Cousins (1851-1925) and Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975). These men represent a continuum for me: Chamberlain picked up where Cousins left off: with a gap of about ten or fifteen years while the former was more focused on the Old World than the New, and on etching rather than photography. It's a very interesting exercise to consider their views of the same structure side by side: this is one way that I've been teaching myself about photography. Chamberlain has much more of a trained eye, having studied both architecture at MIT and etching in France. But both seem as concerned with documentation as illustration to me. I'm impressed with the range of activities and entrepreneurship of both men--although clearly Chamberlain was more worldly, by choice and circumstance. Born in Iowa and raised in Washington State, Chamberlain's time at MIT was interrupted by World War I and service as an ambulance driver in France, where he became entranced with the buildings around him and "decided he would prefer to record the picturesque rather than design it" according to 1975 obituary in The New York Times. He recorded picturesque architecture in France, England and America with his etchings, prints and photographs in over 40 published books and countless magazine pieces, as well as the first-ever engagement calendars featuring New England scenes.'. Signed by Author(s).