Weight Greg (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A beautiful book of portraits of well-known painters in black-and-white. Index in pristine condition with just a few marks on the back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 203pp Size: 280mm x 325mm. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Exposure: A Photographic Memoir is an intimate journey through Australia's bohemian art world, told by acclaimed photographer Greg Weight, whose lens has captured some of the nation's most iconic artists and cultural moments over the past five decades.With wit and candour, Weight shares his encounters with Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, Reg Mombassa, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Johnny Bell, John Olsen, Garry Shead, Margaret Olley, Luke Sciberras, Tracey Moffatt, Jeffrey Smart and others, bringing them to life in personal, often poignant settings. All the while, his own personal journey is revealed.Trusted by artists to photograph both their portraits and their work, Weight became an artist in his own right, with John Olsen describing his gift as capturing 'the Weight moment'. This book is a beautifully produced memoir accompanied by over 65 photographs some iconic, others never before seen.Through award-winning portraits and landscapes, he reveals not only the likeness but the psyche of each subject, creating a vivid chronicle of Australia's art scene from the 1960s to the 2000s: its immense talent, tragedies, absurdities and hilarities. Playful, candid and revealing, this memoir takes readers to the front row of Sydney's creative world.From his childhood discovery of light and shadow to formative years with Martin Sharp, The Yellow House collective and the Sydney Push, Weight's story unfolds in thirty-six 'exposures' chapters echoing the frames of a roll of film.Includes a foreword by artist Lin Utzon and endorsement from Reg Mombassa. This is the first fine art memoir published by Piper Press.'This is a timely book and historical record of some of our greatest artists, many of whom are no longer with us. It provides deep detail about the connections Greg made and what he saw in the people he encountered. Qualities that maybe we didn't see in ourselves. Greg lifts the lid on his early years and takes us on a journey through a lifetime of stories: some poignant, absurd, or mischievous but all seen through the eye of a photographer and the heart of a friend.' Reg Mombassa The intimate, funny memoir capturing Australia's bohemian art world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Size 330mmX280mm. This book invites you to enter the studios of some of Australia's most renowned artists: Brett Whiteley, John Olsen, Tim Storrier, Robert Klippel, Lloys Rees and many, many more.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback edition, with dust wrapper. Some thumbing of boards. Gently handled. Binding neat and tidy. Free endpapers, pastedowns and title pages are foxed. Light general discolouration of page edges, otherwise this book is in good condition. Dust wrapper thumbed and creased at the spine and corners. Spine sunned. General light signs of use front and back. This dust wrapper is in good condition. *We try to describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound. This book weighs over 2kg and will attract extra postage to destinations outside of Australia. Please contact bookseller for postage quote.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. b/w illusts. Signed by Greg Weight with inscription to "Sal" - the Australian artist, Salvatore Zofrea. Inscribed by Author(s).

Pictorial Card Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hodges, Christopher and Greg Weight (Photographic essay) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Exhibition catalogue. B&W photographs and figures (in colour) and 95 full-colour plates. 30.5 x 24.5 cms. 154 pp. Scarce. May require extra postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Greg Weight (photography) (illustrator). 1st Edition. 140 pages. 4to. Fine copy of this history of the early Hermannsburg mission and the effects of key events and individuals on the Aranda people. Illustrated with 132 colour plates of ceramics, murals, sculptures, and landscapes, as well as rare historic photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Exposure: A Photographic Memoir is an intimate journey through Australia's bohemian art world, told by acclaimed photographer Greg Weight, whose lens has captured some of the nation's most iconic artists and cultural moments over the past five decades.With wit and candour, Weight shares his encounters with Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, Reg Mombassa, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Johnny Bell, John Olsen, Garry Shead, Margaret Olley, Luke Sciberras, Tracey Moffatt, Jeffrey Smart and others, bringing them to life in personal, often poignant settings. All the while, his own personal journey is revealed.Trusted by artists to photograph both their portraits and their work, Weight became an artist in his own right, with John Olsen describing his gift as capturing 'the Weight moment'. This book is a beautifully produced memoir accompanied by over 65 photographs some iconic, others never before seen.Through award-winning portraits and landscapes, he reveals not only the likeness but the psyche of each subject, creating a vivid chronicle of Australia's art scene from the 1960s to the 2000s: its immense talent, tragedies, absurdities and hilarities. Playful, candid and revealing, this memoir takes readers to the front row of Sydney's creative world.From his childhood discovery of light and shadow to formative years with Martin Sharp, The Yellow House collective and the Sydney Push, Weight's story unfolds in thirty-six 'exposures' chapters echoing the frames of a roll of film.Includes a foreword by artist Lin Utzon and endorsement from Reg Mombassa. This is the first fine art memoir published by Piper Press.'This is a timely book and historical record of some of our greatest artists, many of whom are no longer with us. It provides deep detail about the connections Greg made and what he saw in the people he encountered. Qualities that maybe we didn't see in ourselves. Greg lifts the lid on his early years and takes us on a journey through a lifetime of stories: some poignant, absurd, or mischievous but all seen through the eye of a photographer and the heart of a friend.' Reg Mombassa The intimate, funny memoir capturing Australia's bohemian art world. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Exposure: A Photographic Memoir is an intimate journey through Australia's bohemian art world, told by acclaimed photographer Greg Weight, whose lens has captured some of the nation's most iconic artists and cultural moments over the past five decades.With wit and candour, Weight shares his encounters with Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, Reg Mombassa, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Johnny Bell, John Olsen, Garry Shead, Margaret Olley, Luke Sciberras, Tracey Moffatt, Jeffrey Smart and others, bringing them to life in personal, often poignant settings. All the while, his own personal journey is revealed.Trusted by artists to photograph both their portraits and their work, Weight became an artist in his own right, with John Olsen describing his gift as capturing 'the Weight moment'. This book is a beautifully produced memoir accompanied by over 65 photographs some iconic, others never before seen.Through award-winning portraits and landscapes, he reveals not only the likeness but the psyche of each subject, creating a vivid chronicle of Australia's art scene from the 1960s to the 2000s: its immense talent, tragedies, absurdities and hilarities. Playful, candid and revealing, this memoir takes readers to the front row of Sydney's creative world.From his childhood discovery of light and shadow to formative years with Martin Sharp, The Yellow House collective and the Sydney Push, Weight's story unfolds in thirty-six 'exposures' chapters echoing the frames of a roll of film.Includes a foreword by artist Lin Utzon and endorsement from Reg Mombassa. This is the first fine art memoir published by Piper Press.'This is a timely book and historical record of some of our greatest artists, many of whom are no longer with us. It provides deep detail about the connections Greg made and what he saw in the people he encountered. Qualities that maybe we didn't see in ourselves. Greg lifts the lid on his early years and takes us on a journey through a lifetime of stories: some poignant, absurd, or mischievous but all seen through the eye of a photographer and the heart of a friend.' Reg Mombassa The intimate, funny memoir capturing Australia's bohemian art world. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Signed quarto hardcover; white boards with green upper board and spine titling; 203pp., monochrome illustrations. Minor wear only; near fine in like dustwrapper, now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. In this book noted photographer Greg Weight invites us to visit more than 80 significant Australian artists. Many are captured in their studios, and each artist's portrait is accompanied by a personal response from Greg Weight to the artist or the shoot. Brief biographies of the artists provide more background information and help to place them in context in the current Australian art scene.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. 154p quarto,millustrated A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Gift inscription on front fly leaf.

Sydney: Chapter & Verse, 2004. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (corners bumped, spine sunned), 204pp. Limited to 300 signed copies. Signed by the artist and the art patron who commissioned the book, Patrick Corrigan, as well as the photographer Grey Weight. This copy a presentation copy to noted Australian art publisher, author and historian Jenny Zimmer. A fine association copy.

Melbourne : Macmillan, 2011. Quarto, blind embossed ochre cloth in cloth slipcase with draw ribbon, pp. 199, extensively illustrated. The deluxe edition limited to only 50 copies, specially bound, with an original signed etching by Mrs Bennett (Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa), numbered in an edition of 50 and signed with her monogram 'X'. A book of portrait studies of more than 80 senior artists of the Western Desert art movement. Each stunning full-page portrait, reproduced in duotone, is accompanied on its facing page by an example of the artist's work.