Zero. An Introduction into Seeing

(Fleischner, Hans) Lagadu, Bepe

Published by Self-published, [Tokyo, 1977

About this Item

First edition, one of 200. [56] pp. of black and white photo enlargements. A3 Folio. Scarce self-published photobook capturing youth culture in Greenwich Village and Harlem in 1969, by Austrian photographer Hans Fleischner (1948 ), and inscribed by him. Fleischner, who studied photography in Vienna in the mid-60s before coming to New York City in 1968 to take in the world through his lens. The downtown photo studio where he worked was a hub for an interracial and international group of young artists and models (among them the celebrated dancer Andrea Del Conte and her husband, the photographer Bill Del Conte) experimenting with the new freedoms of the Age of Aquarius. Fleischner also went uptown, to the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, popularly known as Black Woodstock (and recently chronicled in Questlove's film Summer of Soul), where he was more compelled to photograph the faces in the crowd than the acts on stage. Some time after, he moved on to Chicago and Mexico City, before settling for many years in Tokyo, where he published this book of his time in New York, in an edition of 200 unnumbered copies, in conjunction with an exhibit of the photos. Inscribed on the final page in the year of publication and exhibition: "3/2/77 / To Kobayashi / Hans Fleischner" Unlisted in OCLC Publisher's white binder's tape over white coated paper self-wraps printed in black, double-layered pages hole-punched at the gutter. Head of spine bumped, wraps soiled, tape spine as-issued fragile but sound. A very good copy [56] pp. of black and white photo enlargements. A3 Folio. Seller Inventory # 333209

Bibliographic Details

Title: Zero. An Introduction into Seeing

Publisher: Self-published, [Tokyo

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Soft cover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition, one of 200.