The New Color Photography

New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. Hardcover. Good (Ex-Library from Visual Studies Workshop, with white sticker on lower spine and rear pastedown and stamps to colophon; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; textblock is cracked; interior has toning around the periphery and occasional smudging; boards and spine are a bit wobbly.). Goldenrod stamped cloth; 287 pp. 166 color plates. Features examples or artwork from 47 photographers who have chosen to shoot in color. "I have attempted ... to elucidate color photography's unique visual syntax and to focus on those color photographers who best exploit the medium's assets and overcome or minimize its deficiencies. [This book] is not a survey, nor a history of color photography of the 1970s, but a critical text that argues for and endeavors to articulate visual and conceptual standards." (Introduction) Includes artist bios with exhibitions histories and bibliographies. Much to see here.

Includes photographs by Larry Babis, Adam Bartos, Michael Bishop, Harry Callahan, Jo Ann Callis, William Christenberry, Langdon Clay, Mark Cohen, Joyce Culver, Jerry Dantzic, John Divola, William Eggleston, Mitch Epstein, Bernard Faucon, Emmet Gowin, Jan Groover, David Haxton, Allen Hess, Douglas Hill, David Hockney, Len Jenshel, Barbara Karant, Helen Levitt, Joe Maloney, Kenneth McGowan, Roger Mertin, Joel Meyerowitz, Joanne Mulberg, Olivia Parker, John Pfahl, Bill Ravanesi, Don Rodan, Leo Rubinfien, Lucas Samaras, Mark Schwartz, Stephen Shore, Sandy Skoglund, Neal Slavin, William E. Smith, Eve Sonneman, Wayne Sorce, Carla Steiger-Meister, Joel Sternfeld, Arthur Taussig, Rocky Thies, Stephanie Torbert, and Boyd Webb. -- "Artists' biographies," pp. 249-276.