Big Pictures, a Book of Photographs
Rolston, Mathew; Tim Burton \(introduction\)
Language: English
Published by Bullfinch/Little,Brown, Boston, 1991
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Boston: Bullfinch/Little,Brown, 1991. 70 full-page or double-page plates. Light soil spot on the back board, otherwise very clean. Affectionately inscribed on a blank preliminary page to Fred Hughes who was business partner and confidant to Andy Warhol; died in 2001 of MS. Inscribed by the photographer. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio. Association Copy. Language: ENG.
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- Title
- Big Pictures, a Book of Photographs
- Author
- Rolston, Mathew; Tim Burton \(introduction\)
- Publisher
- Bullfinch/Little,Brown, Boston
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0821218328
- ISBN 13
- 9780821218327
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Photography
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Reviews
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Rolston's photographic portraits of celebrities and performers show both the narcissism and the stretching of the self that is in their collective character. Rolston delivers big, manipulated color images of his models that seem straight from the psychedelics of the mid-Sixties. Then he gives us perfectly composed black-and-white photographs of costumed and coiffed contemporary stars that look like Hollywood publicity stills, circa 1938. This book is a feast of the purely visual. The only weakness is the introduction by Tim Burton, who combines a little autobiography, a little critique of Rolston's work, and a little pop psychology, wasting three pages that could have been used for more of Rolston's eye-popping photographs. Recommended for academic, public, and museum libraries in need of browsable books.
- David Bryant, Belle ville P.L. N.J.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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