Sarah Stolfa (5 results)

Magazine. First edition. Fine magazine with a hint of handling. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The June 13, 2004, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, with: Guy Trebay on Andrea Fraser's videotape "Untitled" (2003), in which the artist has sex with an American collector who paid to participate in the work of art; a fashion pictorial photographed by Jake Chessum featuring golf's new sultans of swing, with text by Horacio Silva; a portfolio of portraits of regulars at McGlinchey's, a neighborhood tavern in Center City Philadelphia, by Sarah Stolfa, winner of the Times' photography contest for college students; a profile of Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, judge advocate general for Guantanamo detainees, a man with an anti-authoritarian streak, by Jonathan Mahler and with portraits by Alessandra Petlin; there are very few Jews left in Dublin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of James Joyce's Ulysses, by Jonathan Wilson; what is to be done if Iran is developing nuclear weapons, by James Traub; a profile of A.C. Newman, formerly of the New Pornographers, by Chris Norris, with photographs by David Bailey; AIDS, Africa, and broaching the subject of infidelity, by Helen Epstein; an interview with Rebecca Walker; Daphne Merkin on the new Stepford Wives movie; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 82 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches.

Magazine. The April 29, 2007, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, with: a profile of online pornography producer Peter Acworth and his company Kink, by Jon Mooallem with photographs by Larry Sultan; Charlie Hess, a retired FBI and CIA agent working on cold-cases, persuaded a prolific serial killer to admit to his crimes, by Chip Brown with photos by Sarah Stolfa; a fashion portfolio illustrated by Alan Aldridge; Russell Simmons interviewed by Deborah Solomon; chapter 14 of Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon; chapter 4 of Watergate Sue, the graphic novel by Megan Kelso; James Traub on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood advocating for freedom; William Safire, On Language; Randy Cohen, The Ethicist; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 70 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Near Fine with light signs of handling/storage. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York: Artisan, 2009. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Quarter black cloth over gray paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on jacket flap ($24.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean unread copy. Octavo, unpaginated (approx. 160 pages), with many full-color photographic illustrations. Signed by Jonathan Franzen on the title page (name only). The first book by photographer Sarah Stolfa, featuring portraits of bar regulars at Philadelphia's McGlinchey's Tavern; with an introduction by Franzen. Stolfa's project originated as her MFA thesis at Yale University, and the book was named a New York Times Photography Book of the Year in 2009. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. 9 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches. Many photographic illustrations, full color. "The Regulars has something like the collective impact of a great collection of Short Stories, like Joyce's Dubliners or Raymond Carver's Will You Please be Quiet Please, creating an entire world before our eyes. Sarah Stolfa is a tremendous talent." --Jay McInerney. Signed by Author(s).