Jed Fielding: City of Secrets, Photographs of Naples

Fielding, Jed; Denise Miller; Nan Richardson; Shirley Hazzard

ISBN 10: 0965888703 / ISBN 13: 9780965888707

Published by Museum of Contemporary Photography/Takarajima Books, Chicago, 1997

About this Item

SIGNED. First edition. The catalogue for an exhibition of the work of Jed Fielding with images from twenty years spent photographing on the streets of Naples; held at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. The photographer's first book. SIGNED BY FIELDING on the half title and dated in the year of publication. Photographs by Jed Fielding; foreword by Denise Miller; essays by Nan Richardson and Shirley Hazzard. 124 pages; 80 full-page, duo-toned b&w plates; 12.5 x 10.25 inches. LAID-IN is an illustrated gallery exhibition announcement card for a 2009 show. Condition: Fine rust-colored cloth-bound hardcover with black title to front and spine in a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear and a small scratch to the back panel. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jed Fielding: City of Secrets, Photographs of Naples
• Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Photography/Takarajima Books, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965888703
• ISBN 13: 9780965888707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

City of Secrets is Jed Fielding's first monograph. A student of Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, Fielding mastered the subtleties of focal point and rim. These extraordinary images, the product of twenty years spent photographing in the streets of Naples, constitute a major body of work by an important American Photographer.

About the Author

Jed Fielding was born in Boston in 1953. He received his degrees in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA), where he studied with Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, and from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (MFA). His photographs have been widely collected and exhibited, including The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, International Center of Photography, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Center of Creative Photography, Tucson, and The Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, the Netherlands Jed Fielding lives and works in Chicago.