PHOTOGRAPHS. 60 Years of Photography. Introduction by John Loring
by Benson, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A very good plus copy (tiny red dot to bottom edge) bound in photo illustrated cloth issued sans jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1576875288
- ISBN 13
- 9781576875285
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn: Powerhouse Books, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. A very good plus copy (tiny red dot to bottom edge) bound in photo illustrated cloth issued sans jacket. Oblong 4to. If Harry Benson's photos are surgical in their incisive precision, they are at the same time compassionate, poetic, moving, and frequently downright beautiful in their balanced, compositional perfection, possible Felliniesque in their empathetic embrace of the diversities, and even the grotesqueries, of life and in their cinematic love of the panoramic vision of events. They are embracing, all embracing. Includes Benson's captions and index of images. Simply put Benson got it all, leaving nothing, whether it is a teenage, English schoolboy just smacked in the gut by tragedy or the smiling, then-young queen of England in the unlikely guise of a Scottish coal miner every Benson image records, he points out "what's going on at the time"; and, whether that "what" is historic and life-changing or homely and obscure, he sees the universal and consequential in its specifics, personal as they may be.
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- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14848
- Title
- PHOTOGRAPHS. 60 Years of Photography. Introduction by John Loring
- Author
- Benson, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good plus copy (tiny red dot to bottom edge) bound in photo illustrated cloth issued sans jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1576875288
- ISBN 13
- 9781576875285
- Publisher
- Powerhouse Books
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- photography, Life magazine, Vanity Fair, People magazine, The New Yorker, the Beatles
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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