nazraeli press portland oregon (158 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. Sq. quarto. 70 color photographs of darkroom interiors. Glossy illustrated cover. Light scuffing to the gloss. Issued without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited to 1000 copies. Text in English, French, German, or Spanish. 360 x 270. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout, mostly in colour. [ISBN: 9781590053379] Clothbound. Covers soiled, internally fine and free from ownership inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Black matte paper-covered boards with tipped-in black-and-white plate and title stamped in gray on cover, with rust cloth-covered spine; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Lee Friedlander. Afterword by Maria Friedlander. Includes a list of plates and an illustrated overview of JGS activities in the arts. Unpaginated (96 pp.), with 157 duotone plates and additional illustrations. 12 x 9-1/2 inches. New in publisher's shrink-wrap. From Nazraeli Press: "Witness Number 6 provides a portrait -- in 157 photographs by Lee Friedlander, and accompanying essay by Maria Friedlander -- of the sculptor Raoul Hague. The Friedlanders knew Hague for over two and a half decades, and their deep fondness for, and mutual trust with, the Armenian-born sculptor comes through in every image and word of this gorgeous addition to JGS's Witness series." From the text by Maria Friedlander: "Lee and I have shared a number of unconventionally interesting friends during our five decades together, people who show us an unusual way of living a life. I would put Raoul Hague on that list, maybe at the top. Beginning in the mid 1960s and continuing for more than 25 years, Lee and I and our children visited him at the Woodstock, New York, cabin where he lived and worked. To enter Hague's cabin was entering his universe. It was not simply a dwelling and a studio but a carefully organized way of life, a reflection of an esthetic ideal. All he did, whether work or pleasure, was driven by this ideal, which he created for himself and carried out without compromise. Hague was the quintessential storybook artist.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, signed in black ink on the title page by Salinger. Hardcover. Fine gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in white and gray on cover and spine, and with a tipped-in four-color plate on the back cover; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Adrienne Salinger. Unpaginated (56 pp.), with 48 four-color plates finely printed on heavy matte art paper. 13-5/16 x 11-5/16 inches. New in publisher's shrink-wrap (slit open for signature). Time races as we grow older. The slippery memories of our past -- through which we define ourselves -- quickly recede and morph. The fact of "middle age" is that the hard-won identity that youth can't fathom, brings with it the gravity of physicality. The largest group of middle-aged people in the world live in the United States. They're older as you read this. Older still. This is a group of people who are at the height of their cultural power. No longer concerned with figuring out who they want to "be," they are by no means infirm. And yet when they look in the mirror, they can't recognize themselves. In a culture that worships youth and infantilizes old age, middle age is often invisible. The faces of these middle-aged men photographed by Adrienne Salinger suggest and reveal the choices they've made throughout their lives, experiences beyond their control, and the fragility of time. The particularity of these portraits allow a scrutiny that simply does not occur in "real" life. Because of the uniformity of her approach, Salinger's pictures also have a power beyond the simple document. They tell the truth the way a novelist tells the truth -- that is, completely, and not at all. Signed by Author.

Hardbound. First. Light blue paper boards w/ tipped-on color photographs, [4], xiii, 70pp, 47 color plates. From the publisher--The publication of "Paul Outerbridge: New Color Photographs from Mexico and California, 1948-1955" marks the discovery of a previously unknown and unpublished body of work by one of America's earliest masters of color photography.Shooting in bold, luminous Kodachrome, his photographs explore the quirkiness of 1950s leisure culture and examine the blending of two interwoven societies at a distinctive time in history. From governors to gauchos, and from stevedores to bathing beauties, Outerbridge captured the humanity, and occasionally the absurdity, of people as they gathered at weddings, pool parties, and picture spots. VG, edges show light wear, small marks on front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DJ. Lower corner of cover damage up 1 inch. Internally clean and sound.

Hardcover. oversized, silken cream cloth boards w/ mounted bw illustration. approx 52 unpaginated pgs w/ color & bw plates. Born in Munich in 1896, Josef Breitenbach began taking photographs while working in the family wine merchant business. Proving less than successful at the latter, he opened his first photographic studio in 1932. Munich at that time was a stronghold of libertarians and bons vivants, and Breitenbach's clients included actors, cabaret stars, writers and political figures. It was a short-lived venture; when Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, the photographer escaped to Paris, where he stayed for the next six years. There, Breitenbach's close friendship with Max Ernst, and his experimentation with printing techniques and color manipulation, brought him into contact with the thriving Surrealist movement, although he never became a member of that group. His work was included in a number of exhibitions, alongside that of Man Ray, Brassai and Cartier-Bresson. After the outbreak of war, and a period of internment, he fled to New York and established himself as a teacher and commercial photographer. However, his early work remained unseen until its surprise discovery, after his death, in 1984. Published in association with The Josef Breitenbach Trust, Manifesto is an important addition to the literature available on this extraordinary artist.--Amazon. Good+ (smudges & worn scuffs to cloth boards. black rubbing to upper board edge. spine top bumped. interior bright).

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original print tipped in the final page of the book, signed in ink on the reverse by Ling. (Image size 6-5/8 x 4-1/2 inches) Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Elaine Ling. 16 pp., with 6 four-color and 7 duotone plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 94th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "Elaine Ling was an exuberant adventurer, traveler, and photographer who felt most at home backpacking her view camera across the great deserts of the world and sleeping under the stars. Born in Hong Kong, she grew up in Canada and studied the piano, the cello and medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Toronto, and practiced family medicine among various First Nations peoples in Canada's North and Pacific Northwest as well as on the other side of the world, in Abu Dhabi and Nepal. Sadly, Elaine Ling passed away in August of this year after a long illness. One of her last projects was working on Habitación Cubana, her contribution to our One Picture Book series. This vibrant and colorful book comprises seven pairs of photographs made in Cuba on two separate trips: the first in 2002, and the second in 2015. In each of the pairs, Ling presents a chosen subject in black and white, and again thirteen years later in color. The double layers of time and color create diptychs that can be contemplated endlessly, always with new discoveries to be made. The last pair of images in the book substitutes a signed, original color print in lieu of the reproduction. Elaine Ling's photographs have been widely exhibited and published, and are included in the permanent collections of museums around the world, including those of he Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France; Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium; Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany; Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark; Centro Portugues de Fotografia, Porto, Portugal; Scavi Scaligeri International Centre of Photography, Verona, Italy; Fototeca de Cuba, Havana; Lishui Museum of Photography; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; and the Brooklyn Museum, New York." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Katy Grannan (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original archival pigment print tipped in the final page of the book (image size 2-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches; paper size 2-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches), signed verso in pencil by Grannan. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Katy Grannan. 16 pp., with 10 four-color plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 91st publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original archival pigment print tipped in the final page of the book (image size 3-3/4 x 2-7/8 inches; paper size 4-1/4 x 3-3/8 inches), signed verso in pencil by Kahn. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Steve Kahn. 16 pp., with 8 four-color plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 89th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original Type-C print tipped in the final page of the book (image size 2-7/8 x 4-3/8 inches; paper size 3-1/8 x 4-5/8 inches), signed verso in blue ink by Ruell. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Aaron Ruell. 16 pp., with 12 four-color plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 87th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "On the tenth anniversary of its release, director, actor and photographer Aaron Ruell looks back on the production of cult classic 'Napoleon Dynamite.' In addition to famously performing as older brother Kip in the movie, Ruell also photographed stills during the making of it. In 'Ten Years Too Late,' he presents us with a selection of 12 photographs; some of famous scenes, and others made behind the scenes. Nazraeli Press published Ruell's monograph 'Some Photos' in 2007." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original Polaroid print tipped in the third page of the book (print size 4-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches), signed verso in pencil by Rickard. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Doug Rickard. 16 pp., with 11 four-color plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 86th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. "Life deals you a hand. A Royal Flush.a pair of Twos. Our American legacy, the horrors behind us, the gaps between us, the permeating malice. It's palpable. These pictures speak. I don't need to say much. Our past, our present.whispers of the future. Actions and reactions, losing hands and stacked decks. Suspicious looks, sideways glances, expectations, but not of success. Lots of Twos." --Doug Rickard. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original color print tipped in the final page (image and paper size: 4-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches), signed on verso in black ink by Richards. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Carol E. Richards. 16 pp., with 12 four-color plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 77th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "Having difficulty identifying a particular species of bird through her spotting scope, Carol E. Richards took a photograph through the lens to assist with her research. The resulting picture turned out to be far more than a tool for verification. It had a mood and visual content the artist was drawn to, and led to the creation of a series of beautiful, dream-like vignettes. 'Unlike some photographs of wildlife that are clear and provide answers,' says Richards, 'these soft visuals raise questions. It was a surprising discovery; as I spied on these birds, I could see their charm and individuality. Who knew?'" Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original color print tipped in the final page (image size 4-3/4 x 3-3/4, paper size: 5 x 4 inches), signed on verso in black ink by Usborne. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Martin Usborne. 16 pp., with 14 four-color plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 79th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "In 2006, photographer Martin Usborne spent three days walking around London in the company of a fox, a dead fox, hired from a taxidermist at a rate higher than it would cost to rent a Ferrari. It was money well spent. Usborne had great fun interacting with people on the street and the fox, temporarily at least, was given a new lease of life. Follow this Fantastic Mr Fox, a delightful addition to our One Picture Book series, as he visits a grocery store, joins the queue at an ATM and -- of course! -- drops in at a good old British pub. Truly, this is one urbane fox." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original gelatin silver print tipped in the fold-out image (image and paper size: 3-1/8 x 4 inches, signed on verso in pencil by Levy. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Stu Levy. 15 black-and-white plates printed as a grid on a 10-1/8 x 20-1/4 inch fold-out sheet. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 75th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "Stu Levy follows up on his previous One Picture Book #30 with a fold-out grid portrait of Jerry N. Uelsmann. Levy's composites -- in which multiple photographs of his subject, taken from various perspectives and distances, are combined to create one portrait -- are the subject of his 2010 Nazraeli Press monograph 'Grid Portraits.' The centerpiece of the grid portrait reproduced in this One Picture Book is a signed original print mounted to the sheet." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original gelatin silver print tipped in the final page (image and paper size: 4-7/8 x 3-11/16 inches), signed on verso in pencil by Borensztein. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Leon Borensztein 16 pp., with 13 black-and-white plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 76th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "Leon Borensztein's monograph 'American Portraits 1979-1989' was published in 2011 to wide critical acclaim. For his contribution to our One Picture Book series, Borensztein shows variations on some of his most striking subjects, giving even greater depth to his original publication. A signed original print of the cover image from Borensztein's monograph is included at the back of the book." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Paul Outerbridge. Introduction by Graham Howe. Essay by William Ewing and Phillip Prodger. 88 pp., with 50 four-color plates. 12 x 13 inches. New. From the publisher: "The publication of Paul Outerbridge: New Color Photographs from Mexico and California, 1948-1955 marks the discovery of a previously unknown and unpublished body of work by one of America's earliest masters of color photography. Outerbridge built his extraordinary reputation by making virtuoso carbro-color prints of nudes and still lifes, mainly in the studio, during the 1930s. In the late 1940s and 1950s he took his camera to the streets, crossing the border between California and Mexico and photographing the people and places he found. In the tradition of such photographers as Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Anton Bruehl, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, all of whom made significant photographic forays into Mexico, Outerbridge ventured south in his 1949 black Cadillac, frequenting the seaport towns along the Baja peninsula. Shooting in bold, luminous Kodachrome, his photographs explore the quirkiness of 1950s leisure culture and examine the blending of two interwoven societies at a distinctive time in history. From governors to gauchos, and from stevedores to bathing beauties, Outerbridge captured the humanity, and occasionally the absurdity, of people as they gathered at weddings, pool parties, and picture spots. As brilliant and innovative today as when they were made, these images demonstrate a breathtaking mastery of the new art of color photography, and Outerbridge's characteristic style and dramatic use of color anticipated the work of photographers who strove a quarter of a century later to develop a similar, bold new color vocabulary.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original ["toned" black-and-white] archival pigment print, uniquely varnished, creased and distressed by the artist, tipped in the final page (image and paper size: 5-7/8 x 3-3/4 inches), signed on verso in pencil by Steketee. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Liz Steketee. 16 pp., with 11 duotone plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 72nd publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "California-based photographer Liz Steketee uses personal family photographs to rewrite history from her own vantage point. By combining unrelated images into unlikely combinations, the artist creates new memories as a way of addressing past experiences and relationships. Her 'reconstructed memories' offer creative insight into the act and the art -- the how and the why -- of something nearly everyone does: taking family photos." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original Type-C print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper tipped in the final page (image size: 6 x 4 inches), signed on verso in black ink by Corey Arnold and Chris Arnold. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Chris Arnold. Curated by Corey Arnold. 16 pp., with 14 four-color plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 69th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "Corey Arnold's first monograph, 'Fishwork: The Bering Sea,' was published by Nazraeli Press in 2011 to wide critical acclaim. In his contribution to our One Picture Book series, Arnold 'curates' a group of photographs his father made of him growing up; in each of the photographs, Arnold is either fishing or showing off his catch. Knowing who the subject of these photographs is, his relationship to the one who made these photographs, and how his passions for photography and fishing would later play out, make 'Fishing with My Dad' resonate on many levels." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with an original [black-and-white] Type-C print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, tipped in the final page (paper size: 3-5/8 x 3-5/8; image size: 3-1/8 x 3-1/8 inches), signed on verso in black ink by Pine & Woods. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Typology pictured in book by Gail Pine and Jacqueline Woods. 16 pp., with 10 duotone plates. 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 inches. New. The 65th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "Gail Pine and Jacqueline Woods are California photo-based artists who focus their psychological lenses on mid-20th century imagery. Their collaborative work has been widely collected and exhibited, and is now featured in this edition of our One Picture Book series." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, with one original gelatin silver print by Diamond tipped in the final page (2-7/8 x 4-1/2 inches), signed in pencil on verso by Diamond. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Jesse Diamond. 16 pp., with 10 duotone plates. 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches. New. The 44th publication in the Nazraeli Press One Picture Book series. From the publisher: "Best known for his editorial work, which has included assignments for Sony Records and Harper/Collins, Jesse Diamond has more recently begun exhibiting and publishing his personal work. For the latter, he was selected as one of eight "Photographers of the Year" at the International Photography Awards. In his One Picture Book, Diamond presents photographs of the Venice Beach Drum Circle." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Black matte paper-covered boards with tipped-in four-color plate and title stamped in gray on cover, with purple cloth-covered spine; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs, text and editing by Joseph Mills. Additional photographs by Mary DelPopolo and Norman Carr. Text by Paul Roth. Includes an illustrated overview of JGS activities in the arts. Unpaginated (96 pp.), with four-color and black-and-white plates throughout. 12 x 9-1/2 inches. New in publisher's shrink-wrap. From Nazraeli Press: "Joseph Mills is the subject and guest-editor of Witness Number 5, the successful artist-edited series published by JGS, Inc and distributed by Nazraeli Press. For his contribution to the Witness series -- in which one artist is selected for each volume to present their own work as well as work by other artists -- Mills presents his vintage street photographs, culminating in a special selection of his famed 'Inner City' work with an accompanying essay by Paul Roth. Witness Number 5 closes with a presentation of work Mary Del Popolo ('Self') and Norman Carr ('Schizopolis'). Designed from cover to cover by Joseph Mills, and featuring full-bleeds and an extended gatefold, this is a jaw-dropping volume that has to be seen to be believed.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Buff paper-covered boards with title stamped in black and tipped-in black-and-white plate on cover, bound with a green linen spine; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Camille Solyagua. Essay by Karen Sinsheimer. Includes a list of plates. Unpaginated, with 67 black-and-white plates. 13 x 10 inches. This first edition was limited to 1000 copies. Near Fine (light sunning to the spine). From the essay by Karen Sinsheimer: "For many years, Camille Solyagua has been fascinated by the connection between art and science. For both of these disciplines, the natural world is one of the preeminent sources of exploration and discovery. Though wildly divergent in terms of methodology and approach, artists and scientist often share a mutual passion to understand and reveal the secrets of nature.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in black on cover and spine; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Boomoon. Essay by Shino Kuraishi. Unpaginated, with 33 black-and-white plates. 13-1/4 x 9-1/8 inches. This first edition was limited to 500 unnumbered copies. New in publisher's shrink-wrap. From the artist: "Naksan, created in February 2010, is characterized by its vertical frame, details in waves and big size. The snowy shore in the lower part of the image is an important element bonding the viewer to the scene. The poet and critic Shino Kuraishi wrote, 'the sea shore, transformed into a uniform, absolute blank by the accumulated snow, looms before the body of the beholder and serves as a platform that blocks the movement of the incoming waves.The shore may be a "stage," but it is entirely anti-theatrical. It has nothing to do with spectacle, of a type that would satisfy the visual desires of the general public. Rather, it is as if the stage was built for one beholder alone. These are photographs for a quiet dialogue with oneself. The vertical frame, and the presence of the absolute blank "stage" at the bottom of the frame, circumscribe and clarify the fact that, at this very moment, the photographer-beholder is witnessing face-on the event taking place in this absolute zone. At the same time, the stage that stands of the side of the beholder becomes overt. In other words, it is a mirror. I confront myself as a landscape.'".

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Michel Campeau. Introduction by Martin Parr. 80 pp., with 70 four-color plates. 12 x 12 inches. New in publisher's shrink wrap. From the publisher: "'For a photographer like myself, who in fact has not worked in a darkroom for over years, these images are horribly familiar. Those fix stains in the sink, the eerie red light, reminiscent of a brothel, the wonky enlarger and a profusion of different tapes holding the whole thing together. I feel lucky to have escaped and yet there is something very alluring about these images.' -- from the introduction by Martin Parr. Darkroom is the first book in a series edited by Martin Parr, for Nazraeli Press, with the aim of presenting work that has never before been published in book form but which most definitely 'should have been.' This evocative set of images has risen from visits to over darkrooms in Campeau's native Canada, and while it might be a stretch to imagine a less promising subject matter, the end result is a superb and fascinating tribute to an increasingly rare working environment. Michel Campeau lives and works in Montréal.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. Holly Roberts (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tan cloth-covered boards with tipped-in four-color plate on cover and title stamped in black on cover and spine; no dust jacket as issued. Photo-based works by Holly Roberts. Essays by Robert Hirsch and Robert Wilson. Includes notes to the plates, a biography, awards, publications, selected individual and group exhibitions and select collections. 80 pp., with 62 four-color plates finely printed on heavy matte paper in China. 11-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches. New in publisher's shrinkwrap. From the publisher: "Published as a companion book to Holly Roberts: Works 1989 to 1999 [Nazraeli Press, 2000], Works 2000 to 2009 documents the artist's activities during the past ten years. Roberts's odyssey with the painted photograph began in the mid-1970s. She found that in painting over a slick photographic surface, she was able to manipulate the paint by scraping it, scratching it and wiping it away with the luxury of never losing the underlying image. A modern pioneer of the method, Roberts brought the technique to a study of the emotions and psyche of the human condition. After spending decades refining her practice of over-painting photographs, Holly Roberts reversed her modus operandi and in 2005 began constructing photo-based images on top of painted, stand-alone, abstract backgrounds. Her use of these innovative backdrops sets the stage for a very different manner of making images that state her oddly lyrical takes on what she perceives to be true. Holly Roberts's work has been widely exhibited in the United States and abroad, and is included in such permanent collections as the Art Institute of Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Arts; and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black ink on the title page by Borensztein. Hardcover. Gold cloth-covered boards with tipped in duotone plates on covers and title stamped in gray on cover and spine; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Leon Borensztein. Essay by Sandra S. Phillips. Edited by Todd Hido. Includes a list of plates. Unpaginated (96 pp.), with 60 duotone plates beautifully printed on heavy matte art paper. 12-5/8 x 10-1/2 inches. New in publisher's shrink wrap (slit open for inspection and signature). From the publisher: "After emigrating to the United States from Poland, Leon Borensztein took a fly-by-night job as a traveling portrait photographer, visiting homes and businesses across the country and making portraits for working-class clientele in the style of the Sears Portrait Studios. During these sessions, Borensztein would set up a generic backdrop behind the subject, while moving the camera back far enough so that the camera captured glimpses of the subjects' personal spaces or belongings. The resulting body of work provides a rich sociological document; individually, these are some of the most compelling and touching portraits of their time. Leon Borensztein is an internationally renowned photographer whose work has appeared in Life, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and Vogue International. His photographs can be found in the collections of major museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Borensztein lives and works in Oakland, California." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Raimond Wouda (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Raimond Wouda. Introduction by Martin Parr. 64 pp., with 49 four-color plates. 11-1/4 x 13 inches. This first edition was limited to 1000 copies. New in publisher's shrink wrap. From the publisher: "'Within contemporary photographic practice there is much work being done with the 5/4 camera. The resulting large and beautiful prints can be both seductive and highly detailed. It is also possible to see many brilliant explorations of institutions or particular places usually done with a medium or small format camera. I cannot think of any other project where you get both of these ideas running together so seamlessly. This is part of Wouda's great achievement in these pictures.' -- from the Introduction by Martin Parr. The fourth title in our Parr/Nazraeli Edition of Ten, Raimond Wouda's School shows groups of pupils at numerous secondary schools in the Netherlands. Rather than depicting classrooms, Wouda chose to photograph the places where students relax between classes, setting his large-format camera high on a ladder and triggering the shutter from the ground via remote control to capture specific moments. According to Wouda, the current debates about substance and behaviour in secondary schools have gone unnoticed by the students themselves, for whom school is a relatively safe place in which to meet and interact with their friends, and to discover their own identity.".

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black marker on the front free endpaper by Anrakuji. Hardcover. Tan paper-covered boards with debossed pattern on the cover and title stamped in red on cover and spine, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Emi Anrakuji. Unpaginated (80 pp.), with 76 black-and-white plates printed on coarse matte paper. 10-1/8 x 14 inches. This first edition was limited to 500 copies. New in publisher's shrink-wrap (slit open for signature). From the publisher: "In IPY, Anrakuji represents herself as an alchemist of images and a catalyst for daydreams and desires. The vignettes of her self-portraits blur the boundaries between documentary and staged photography. Emi Anrakuji originally studied oil painting at Musashino University of Art and Music in Tokyo. By her mid-20s, she was diagnosed with a cerebral disease that severely curtailed her activities for more than a decade. During her gradual recovery, she took up photography. Initially, Anrakuji's audience was only herself and the jurors of public competitions to which she sent her entries. Since 2001, her efforts have earned her several important awards as well as increasing support from the art community. A prolific producer of images, Anrakuji often arranges her work as handmade books, one of which serves as the catalyst for IPY. A special edition with original print is also available." 'Anrakuji suddenly appeared on the photography scene after more than 10 years of hiatus from art-making. She began to photograph seriously beginning in 1998. Combinations of various elements -- eroticism, humor, cruelty, strange peacefulness, sharpness, and magical tricks -- characterize her work. She is one of the most interesting up-and-coming photographers in Japan.' -Kotaro Iizawa" Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black ink on the frontispiece by Maisel. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and text by David Maisel. Poem by Mark Strand. Essay by William L. Fox. Includes exhibition history, brief biography, and bibliography. 48 pp., with 15 duotone plates, beautifully printed on fine matte art paper. 12-1/8 x 12-1/8 inches. New. From David Maisel: "In his book Warped Space, the architectural theorist Anthony Vidler speaks of the 'paranoiac space of modernism,' a space which is 'mutated into a realm of panic, where all the limits and boundaries become blurred.' These words come to mind when considering the urban aerial images of Los Angeles and its periphery. Certain spacial fears seem endemic to the modern metropolis, and Los Angeles defines this term in ways that no other American city can approximate. This amorphous skein of strip malls and gated developments, highway entrance and exit ramps, lays unfurled over the landscape like a sheet over a cadaver. . . As we cast a critical eye upon the megalopolis of Southern California, it is necessary to remind ourselves that there is still a heart beating within it. Indeed, 11 million hearts, with all the souls and dreams of the bodies powered by those hearts: the city as living, breathing organism, constantly breaking down and constantly replicating." From the introduction by William L. Fox: "The 15 aerial photographs of Los Angeles that make up Oblivion are distressingly beautiful, their post-apocalyptic feeling enhanced by reversed-out tones. Maisel shares with us his 'shadowland,' a place previously unobserved that coexists with its sunstruck version." Signed by Author.