BOB NATKIN, PHOTOGRAPHER

Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2004. First Edition. First Printing.. Softcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2004. Softcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 48 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by David W. Williams: Regular-sized volume format. Plain white softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Bob Natkin. Essay by Tim Samuelson. List of Plates appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In integral pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine and very large flaps, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from November 5 through December 31, 2004. Presents "Bob Natkin, Photographer". Some of the finest and most representative images by the Chicago photographer, who deserves a much wider national and international audience. Despite the fact that it was interrupted by the need to make a decent living, Natkin had a long and productive career in photography. He photographed, among other things, the inner-city projects of Chicago, Mexico, the Republican National Convention in 1952, and various celebrities and popular culture figures. The breadth of his interests is testimony to his lifelong curiosity and his commitment to social justice, a great photographer with a sociologist's wisdom, an aesthete's eye, and a moralist's conscience. "He had unshakable faith in humanity and believed that people should be able to go anywhere without fear or hesitation" (Tim Samuelson) . An absolute "must-have" title for Bob Natkin collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. 42 plates. One of the finest American photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. .