Legacy of Light
Sullivan, Constance - Editor; Peter Schjeldahl - Introduction; Essays by Gretel Ehrlich, Richard Howard, Diane Johnson, Robert Stone
Language: English
Published by Knopf, 1987
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Condition: Used
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First edition, first printing. Near Fine cloth-bound hardcover with light wear at the tips and along the bottom edges of the boards in a Very Good dust jacket with sunning to the spine, light wear at the extremities and some soiling at the tips and along the fore edges, now protected by a mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. 264 pages; 105 color, 100 duo-toned b&w plates; 10 x 12 inches. Legacy of Light was the first book to demonstrate the extraordinary range of artistry that has been made possible by the invention of the Polaroid camera. It shows the remarkable ways in which the revolutionary "instant" film has been used by great photographers as well as by leading painters and graphic artists who have worked with it in the creation of new styles of contemporary art. 58 artists are represented including Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Paul Caponigro, Robert Frank, David Hockney, Lucas Samaras, Chuck Close, Jan Groover, Barbara Kasten, and John Coplans.…
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- Title
- Legacy of Light
- Author
- Sullivan, Constance - Editor; Peter Schjeldahl - Introduction; Essays by Gretel Ehrlich, Richard Howard, Diane Johnson, Robert Stone
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Publication year
- 1987
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0394563654
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563657
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Photography
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