Tim Carpenter: Local Objects (THE ICE PLANT)
ISBN 10: 0989785998 ISBN 13: 9780989785990
Published by The Ice Plant, 2017
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CONDITION DETAILS: unread, essentially new other than a very subtle 2 inch discoloration on the cover front and back near the spine - maybe from a price tag at one point. Pages are unmarked, clean and crisp. Spine is tight and straight. Cover corners are sharp. This book has been kept in a smoke and pet-free home and still smells new. PHOTOS: are of the actual item you will receive. PACKAGING: We pack for protection. Your book will be shrink-wrapped to protect it from the weather, then bubble wrapped to protect the corners and edges. It will then be packed in a crush-proof cardboard box with styrofoam reinforcement. SHIPPING: Free 2-14 day shipping in the US, through USPS or UPS. Tracking is provided, and to further protect you we ship with signature required for delivery. QUESTIONS: Any questions please message us at the link below. Seller Inventory # ABE-1764036298479
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Borrowing its title from the Wallace Stevens poem in which “little existed for him but the few things / for which a fresh name always occurred,” Local Objects presents a beautiful yet remarkably unassuming body of work by Brooklyn/central Illinois-–based photographer Tim Carpenter (born 1968): a calm, steady rhythm of 74 medium-format photographs made in the semirural American Midwest.
While each picture records the seemingly random non-activity of a typical street view, Carpenter’s meticulous composition and contemplative sequencing creates a harmony of natural and geometric motifs running quietly throughout the book, an interplay of minor chords that draws the viewer into this specific physical place (mostly central Illinois, where Carpenter grew up). Detached from the urgency of current affairs, stripped of all excess, the photographs reflect a poetic attempt to see “the thing in itself,” to make meaning with the barest tools possible.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Tim Carpenter: Local Objects (THE ICE PLANT)
Publisher: The Ice Plant
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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Local Objects
Published by
The Ice Plant, Los Angeles, 2017
ISBN 10: 0989785998
ISBN 13: 9780989785990
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First edition, one of 750 copies. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Cloth hardcover with image tipped in on cover. "Borrowing its title from the Wallace Stevens poem in which "little existed for him but the few things / for which a fresh name always occurred," Tim Carpenter's Local Objects is a solid yet remarkably unassuming body of work: a calm, steady rhythm of 74 medium format photographs made in the semi-rural American Midwest. While each picture meticulously frames the seemingly random non-activity of a typical 'street view' image, Carpenter's contemplative sequencing allows a surprising harmony of natural and geometric motifs to modulate quietly throughout the book an interplay of minor chords that draw the viewer into this specific physical place (mostly central Illinois, where he grew up) and the subjective, literary space of the work. Detached from the urgency of current affairs, stripped of all excess, Carpenter's photographs reflect a poetic attempt to see "the thing in itself," to make meaning with the barest tools possible" (the publisher). A fine copy. Seller Inventory # 409076