On Assignment with Arthur Leipzig

Arthur Leipzig

ISBN 10: 0913252026 / ISBN 13: 9780913252024

Published by Long Island University Press, New York, 2005

About this Item

SIGNED and inscribed by Leipzig on the title page. Full cloth hardcover binding is clean and holding tight. The interior and text are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is bright, attractive, and whole with a few small spots to the rear panel. NOT ex-lib. A clean, tight copy in jacket. 183pp. This book is over-sized and quite heavy, so it will likely require additional shipping charges on priority and international orders.

Seller Inventory # 007241

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Assignment with Arthur Leipzig
• Publisher: Long Island University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913252026
• ISBN 13: 9780913252024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

On Assignment takes us onto a fishing boat in the North Atlantic in midwinter, into a community of African Jews in Ethiopia, or underground Virginia coal miners. Arthur Leipzig's assignments have led him from the streets of New York to the mountains of Central America. In each of these remarkable photographs, Leipzig captures decisive and dramatic images of the subject, but also goes beyond each assignment to reveal the hearts and souls of the people he has met.

About the Author

Arthur Leipzig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1918. His photographs have been featured in numerous exhibitions including Edward Steichen's landmark Family of Man (1955) and the Expo 57 exhibition Man and His World (1967). He also spent many years as a photojournalist for such magazines as Fortune, Look, Parade, Natural History, and the Sunday New York Times. He is professor Emeritus at Long Island University where he taught for 28 years.