Vera Lutter: A Ghost Still is like a Place

Vera Lutter with Text By Rainer Maria R

ISBN 10: 0979793610 / ISBN 13: 9780979793615

Published by Baldwin Gallery, 2011

About this Item

Hardback book illustrated with 24 photographic plates. Boards show light rubbing with small dent at bottom edge - lower tip of some pages with light crease. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-13A-Middle-L) rareviewbooks.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1581427810952

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vera Lutter: A Ghost Still is like a Place
• Publisher: Baldwin Gallery
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979793610
• ISBN 13: 9780979793615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

(INT) AS NEW, LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Published by Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, 2011. "a ghost still is like a place" is a hardcover book. The book measures 9.75 x 9.75 inches, and contains 56 pages, with 24 duotone (black-and-white) plates, all selections from Lutter's haunting 'Venetian' series. To produce her one-of-a-kind paper negatives, Lutter works with what must be the most elementary of photography tools: the camera obscura, which can be as simple as a pinhole in a piece of paper. With it, she creates evocative panoramic images of often familiar land and cityscapes, but her staging and process disorient the viewer. Her transpositions of light and darkness seem to heighten the contrasts, making the usual more stark. Lutter has captured the dark romance of Venice; she illuminates the storied architecture, and shows its solidity in sharp contrast against the ephemeral glow of the water and the moving gondolas. The book was limited to an edition of 750 copies. IN STOCK. Sold by Publisher.