Fiona Pardington (16 results)

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

first edition, paperback octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Ex-library (minimal markings) octavo stapled wrappers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. It's difficult to imagine a more sumptuously produced volume about a social history so intriguing as The Pressure of Sunlight Falling. How did 18th-century travelers and explorers describe the peoples they met while in transit around the world, including to the insular Pacific? Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the blind-stamped brown cloth over boards covers, blind-stamped lettering to spine, bright interior, clean, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond nick to front spine bottom, heavy, thick, illustrated with an evocative photographs. Replete with the author's black-and-white and sepia photographs of the amazing life-casts made by Pierre-Marie Dumoutier in Durmont d'Urville's insular Pacific voyage of 1837-1840. The photographer is Maori-Scottish by birth and resident artist in New Zealand. Augmented with two fine essays by Kriselle Baker and Elizabeth Rankin, a Foreword by Rhana Devenport, David Elliott, Nicholas Thomas (!), Yves le Fur, Stacy L. Kamehiro, Ross Calman, Ariana Tikao, and Anne Salmond (!). [5], 6-159 pp. and including notes about the authors.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 86p (2p) Slight fading front cover by spine Signed by the poet, with 17 photographs by the photographer, 18 poems by the poet. Fiona Pardington (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Brimming with impossible beauty and aching loss, Fiona Pardingtons avian portraits resurrect the dignity, charisma and wildness of New Zealand native birds preserved as taxidermy specimens in museum collections. Scaled up to deific proportions, these birds are not merely replicated but reborn.Ancestral memory is brought to life under the gaze of photographer Fiona Pardington (Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Ngati Kahungunu, Clan Cameron of Erracht) ONZM. One of Aotearoa New Zealands most powerful contemporary artists, Pardingtons practice captivates audiences with her profound ability to convey the intangible through exquisitely composed photographs. This book explores the practice of an artist at the height of her career and reveals the monumental avian portraits she has created for the New Zealand Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.Featuring a rich and brilliant selection of texts by Geoffrey Batchen, Maia Nuku, Hana ORegan, Harry Rickit, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Andrew Paul Wood, and beautifully designed by the artists brother, artist and designer Neil Pardington, including an exquisite colourway representing Aotearoa New Zealand skies at dawn. Rich with beauty and loss, artist Fiona Pardingtons avian portraits resurrect the charisma and wildness of New Zealand native birds preserved as museum specimens. Scaled up to deific proportions, they are not merely replicated but reborn. Texts by Geoffrey Batchen, Maia Nuku, Hana ORegan, Harry Rickit, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Andrew Paul Wood. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Softcover, staple-bound, 28 pages, very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks.

Condition: Sehr gut. 27cm x 21.5cm. 173 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner opposite titlepage. Includes for Example: Fiona Pardington - Elizabeth Knox, Wendy Lee/ Alexis Hunter- Wystan Curnow, Sue Hubbard, Shirley and Roger Horrocks/ Alison Maclean- Roger Horrocks, Stuart MacKenzie, Miro Bilbrough/ Julia Morison- Wystan Curnow, Shirley and Roger Horrocks/ Christine Webster- Olivier Zahm, Shirley and Roger Horrocks, Barbara Hofmann/ Lisa Reihana/ Judy Darragh- Chris Knox, Marilyn McFadyn, Ruth Watson/ Merylyn Tweedie- Christina Barton, Robert Leonard, Roger Horrocks etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, European explorers in the Pacific region faced a challenge: how to describe the peoples they met and how to report what they had seen and found. Thus, it was necessary that serious expeditions include artists and scientists in its ship's company. One ambitious journey of the 19th century was the third voyage of the French explorer Dumont d'Urville, from 1837 to 1840. It was just before the invention of photography, when phrenology, the study of people's skulls, was popular. On this South Pacific voyage, D'Urville chose to take an eminent phrenologist, Pierre-Marie Dumoutier, to make head lifecasts of the indigenous peoples they would encounter in order to preserve their likenesses. When the expedition returned to France, the casts were displayed, then later stored in the Musee de l'Homme in Paris. The collection was soon overtaken by photography and history. In 2007, photographer Fiona Pardington first learned of the lifecasts when a chance conversation initiated a four-year project. It took her from Auckland, New Zealand, to the Musee de l'Homme, as she researched and photographed more than 50 casts of Maori, Pacific, and European individuals, including casts of her Ngai Tahu ancestors. This rich and engaging book contains Pardington's photographs. These photographs are extraordinarily beautiful, evocative, and spiritually powerful images. They recover the likenesses and revive the life force of Dumoutier's indigenous subjects, eliciting our empathy and fascination with a world we can never really know. With essays by leading scholars in Pacific history, art, and photography, on subjects as diverse as phrenology, cast-making, the voyage, and the identity of the Maori casts, the book will appeal to anyone interested in 19th-century encounters between voyagers and the peoples of the Pacific, or contemporary art and photography.…

Quarto, grey cloth boards, blind stamped text to spine & front board, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight rubbing & creasing to edges).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 159p D-J Cloth binding Near Fine With map and illustrations, and the author's photographs, the amazing life casts made by Pierre-Marie Dumoutier in d'Urville's Pacific voyage of 1837-1840, with accompanying essays. This book weighs more than 1.5 kgs, so will incur extra postal charges.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Brimming with impossible beauty and aching loss, Fiona Pardingtons avian portraits resurrect the dignity, charisma and wildness of New Zealand native birds preserved as taxidermy specimens in museum collections. Scaled up to deific proportions, these birds are not merely replicated but reborn.Ancestral memory is brought to life under the gaze of photographer Fiona Pardington (Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Ngati Kahungunu, Clan Cameron of Erracht) ONZM. One of Aotearoa New Zealands most powerful contemporary artists, Pardingtons practice captivates audiences with her profound ability to convey the intangible through exquisitely composed photographs. This book explores the practice of an artist at the height of her career and reveals the monumental avian portraits she has created for the New Zealand Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.Featuring a rich and brilliant selection of texts by Geoffrey Batchen, Maia Nuku, Hana ORegan, Harry Rickit, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Andrew Paul Wood, and beautifully designed by the artists brother, artist and designer Neil Pardington, including an exquisite colourway representing Aotearoa New Zealand skies at dawn. Rich with beauty and loss, artist Fiona Pardingtons avian portraits resurrect the charisma and wildness of New Zealand native birds preserved as museum specimens. Scaled up to deific proportions, they are not merely replicated but reborn. Texts by Geoffrey Batchen, Maia Nuku, Hana ORegan, Harry Rickit, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Andrew Paul Wood. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Brimming with impossible beauty and aching loss, Fiona Pardingtons avian portraits resurrect the dignity, charisma and wildness of New Zealand native birds preserved as taxidermy specimens in museum collections. Scaled up to deific proportions, these birds are not merely replicated but reborn.Ancestral memory is brought to life under the gaze of photographer Fiona Pardington (Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Ngati Kahungunu, Clan Cameron of Erracht) ONZM. One of Aotearoa New Zealands most powerful contemporary artists, Pardingtons practice captivates audiences with her profound ability to convey the intangible through exquisitely composed photographs. This book explores the practice of an artist at the height of her career and reveals the monumental avian portraits she has created for the New Zealand Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.Featuring a rich and brilliant selection of texts by Geoffrey Batchen, Maia Nuku, Hana ORegan, Harry Rickit, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Andrew Paul Wood, and beautifully designed by the artists brother, artist and designer Neil Pardington, including an exquisite colourway representing Aotearoa New Zealand skies at dawn. Rich with beauty and loss, artist Fiona Pardingtons avian portraits resurrect the charisma and wildness of New Zealand native birds preserved as museum specimens. Scaled up to deific proportions, they are not merely replicated but reborn. Texts by Geoffrey Batchen, Maia Nuku, Hana ORegan, Harry Rickit, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Andrew Paul Wood. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…