Robert F Forth Epilog (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Greenbrae, Santa Cruz, California 1977
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine to fine condition. First edition. Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated, 92pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, protected by modern mylar, housed in custom matching slipcase with plastic foil window on cover revealing the gilt title of book. Light blue-gray endpapers. Epilogue by R…obert F. Forth. Illustrated with 59 full page b/w duotone photographs, with list of government agencies, educational institutions and corporations these photographs have been selected from. Intriguing group of Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan's 1977 uncaptioned images. The publication gained legendary status since its original publication (Parr/Badger 220/221, Vol. II). "By definition these found images are records and by implication they are cultural artifacts," write the artists in their statement about the exhibition [at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]. "This is not a compilation of photographs that define any specific place in time but rather a poetic exploration upon the restructuring of imagery. It is difficult to pinpoint the subject matter of these pictures: human contact with mechanical apparatus, bits and pieces of industrial environments that depict a world separate from our everyday experience where the process of technology is tested and recorded, tension and explosion, and above all, a carefully designed invitation to participate in the closure of the meaning of the images." (Museum Press release, 1977). A copy of this press release is laid in along with a photo-illustrated double page invitation for exhibition). Binding and slipcase with minor wear along edges. Very light sunning of endpapers along edges. Binding in overall near fine, laid in ephemera lightly sunned along edges, photographs in fine condition.
