G.R.A.M.: Paparazzi
The Austria-based group G.R.A.M. takes on celebrity culture. Text is in English and German.
Condition: Fine.
Item #277
Books: Photography
We are off road tripping to the SF Art Book Fair and any online orders received after July 14 will ship upon our return after July 25. The Portland store is open regular hours. Thank you!
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Life Size
Photographs in an artists' book form by Los Angeles-based artist Sam Falls. Photos of California, the desert, his work and process in making textile and dyed works, paintings and sculpture. Out of print.
Condition: Fine.
Item #270
Factory Valleys: Ohio and Pennsylvania
Signed by Friedlander on front endpaper. Afterword by Leslie Katz. Published in an edition of 1,000. The 62 plates are printed as duotone offset lithographs. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good+, small discoloration on top edge of endpapers, light shelfwear to dust jacket.
Item #264
Swissair Posters
Forty-Four color images reproducing the posters of Gerster's famous campaign for Swissair that made use of his of dramatic aerial photographs. The campaign ran from 1971-1996 and examples from 25 different countries are presented, including Algeria, Japan, France, Morocco, Tanzania, China, Peru and of course, Switzerland, among others. Out of print.
Condition: Near Fine, very faint yellowing at page edges and light fading to text on spine.
Item #944
It's Beautiful Here Isn't It...: Photographs by Luigi Ghirri
The true first editon of Luigi Ghirri's amazing book of photographs. Beautifully printed in Verona, Italy. With a preface by William Eggleston and an essay by Germano Celant. The book was brought back into print in 2018 by Aperture with a second printing that tried to match the magic of this first edition.
Condition: Near Fine, light wear/soiling to dust jacket.
Item #996
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Paige Powell: Four-Volume Book Set; Beulah Land, Artists Eating, Animals, Paige Powell
Paige Powell went to New York City from Portland, Oregon in 1980, and quickly became a fixture in the downtown art scene, a close confidante of Andy Warhol and a member of his inner circle, including the likes of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom she dated. Published by Dashwood and brought to life by Gucci, PAIGE POWELL is a four-volume slipcased hardcover set highlighting three different aspects of Powell's work: Beulah Land, her life in New York and the visual diary art installation that Powell created in 1984 at...
Item #1058
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Bill Jay's Album
A selection of 100 of Bill Jay's portraits of friends and other photographers, with notes and dates in his handwritten script below each photograph. Plus stories and diary-like entries by Jay about the subjects included. In an edition of 1,000.
Condition: Fine, like new.
Item #170
Linhof Practice: An Introduction to Linhof Cameras, Their Accessories, and Photographic Technique
Featuring images, detailed diagrams, tips and instructions relating to the Linhof family of fine German cameras. With a chipboard slipcase. English language edition.
Condition: Very Good-, small tear to one of the index pages, smudges and wear to slipcase.
Item #283
Jan Kempenaers: Dun Briste, Downpatrick Head
Number 440 of an edition of 500. Signed and numbered color Lambda print by Kempenaers laid in. Text is in English and Dutch. Includes a long sequence of photographs of the enormous rock formation printed on a cardboard concertina fold.
Condition: Fine, like new.
Item #307
A World Without Words
The 1998 edition of English designer Jasper Morrison's compilation of images from the icons of design history alongside the simple objects of everyday life, providing a visual dictionary of his inspirations.
Condition: Very Good+ in a custom-made mylar cover, corners of spine slightly bumped, very faint toning to pages.
Item #771
Artists: Portraits from Four Decades
175 black and white portraits of artists including many of the greats of the 20th Century. With a foreword by Henry Geldzahler. In a protective mylar dust jacket cover.
Condition: Very Good, light sunning to edges of boards, dust jacket is worn and has several tiny tears and creases along edges. Interior pages clean and bright.
Item #282
Scheltens & Abbenes: Unfolded
The beautifully-produced, out-of-print catalog for Dutch artists Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes 2012 exhibit "Unfolded," which took place at the Museum Jan Cunen in Oss, The Netherlands. The duo take exquisite photographs of often ordinary objects, experimenting with converting spatial dimensions into flat surfaces and exploring photography’s potential for illusion. The catalog is produced as an exhibition in book form, with the pages following the viewer's path as they would have experienced the museum exhibit. With a text by Frank van der Stok. In an edition of 1,000 with subtle...
Item #1049
Never Forget the Warriors
A signed and numbered edition of only 50 copies - this copy No. 22. Photos by Simonetti shot during the A7 reunion at the Knitting Factory in NY on December 6, 2008. A7 was a club in New York City from 1981 to 1984, and was the unofficial headquarters of the New York hardcore scene. In a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Condition: Fine.
Item #385
The Anxiety of Photography
A wonderful survey from the daring and innovative Aspen Art Museum on the new wave of photographers that together are informing an essential conversation around contemporary photography today. Great essays, image reproductions, and selection of artists including: Colby Bird, Miriam Bohm, Liz Deschenes, Roe Etheridge, Brendan Fowler, Mario Garcia Torres, Leslie Hewitt, Matt Keegan, Annette Kelm, Elad Lassry, Anthony Pearson, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Matt Saunders, David Benjamin Sherry, Erin Shirreff, Dirk Stewen, Sara VanDerBeek, and Mark Wyse. This copy is signed by Sara Greenberger Rafferty on the title page. Out...
Item #548
William Wegman
Exhibition catalog from the May 22-July 1, 1973 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Black and white reproductions of early photographs, drawngs and video work, much different and more conceptual than his later photo work with his Weimaraners.
Condition: Very Good-, covers lightly soiled and scuffed, ghost of previous sticker on cover.
Item #403
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