Vroman Harry (4 results)

First edition. Small 8vo., [24] pp., 4 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Vroman, known for his landscapes, traveled the Southwest in his 1936 Chevy, with a platform welded to the roof to gain a better perspective. In the 1940's he lived in a small house behind the studio of Ansel Adams, and worked in his darkroom as an assistant before they parted ways. This volume contains two short autobiographical essays. No. 17 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 200 copies. Vroman, Harry (illustrator).…

Large format. Silver gelatin photograph [33 cm x 27 cm] / [13" x 10.5"] on an off-white mount. Boldly signed on the back with a black sharpie with a paper label and photographer's stamp. Image has nice contrasts. View of a smiling woman in a dark velvet blouse bedecked in silver and turquoise jewelry, leaning against an adobe brick wall. Harry Vroman (1889-1983) was a photographer that for a time worked under Ansel Adams in Yosemite before setting out on his own. He ran several studios in the Los Angeles area before relocating to Prescott, Arizona. During his career he traveled the American West documenting the peoples and landscapes of this varied region, with his photographs gracing the pages of several magazines, including 'Arizona Highways' and 'Desert Magazine.'.…

Condition: Good. 8vo. [22 pp.]. Stiff, stapled pink wraps. Very good. Some sepia plates. Part of the The History of Photography Monograph Series. Limited edition: one of 200 copies.

Set of 4 original lobby cards for the 1953 film "Bright Road," based on the Christopher Award winning story "See How They Run," written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, and first published in 1951 in the Ladies' Home Journal. Notable for its nearly all-black cast, "Bright Road" stars Dorothy Dandridge as an Alabama schoolteacher intent on motivating one of her more lackluster students. Dandridge is said to have accepted the role because of the film's lack of racial tension as a central theme. As a result, she hoped that young women of all colors could identify with her character. Harry Belafonte's debut feature film. 14 x 11 inches. Both lobby cards quite clean with no pinholes, about Near Fine.…