Vendeur : Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. This book presents 130 tri-toned black-and-white images scanned from negatives in the collection of the Library of Congress. It is the first publication to deal exclusively with the 35 mm negatives that FSA (Farm Security Administration) director Roy Stryker âkilledâ with a hole punch, during the early days of the project (1935-1939), The book brings to light destroyed or defaced photographs by, among others, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, and John Vachon. It also includes two essays discussing the images and possible reasons for their suppression. N° de réf. du vendeur 2411836
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Vendeur : W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, Etats-Unis
Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Limited Edition (1000 copies) ; Tight and clean. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. In Very Good condition. ; 157 photographs by Walker Evans, Theodor Jung, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, and John Vachon. ; The photographs of the Farm Security Administration form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This volume publishes 157 rejected or 'killed' images submitted to the collection by photographers. Jones's book is the first to deal exclusively with the 35mm negatives that FSA director Roy Stryker killed with a hole punch during the early years of the project (1935-39). The author uses these images to raise questions of why images would be 'killed' and to suggest that our present society would benefit from a similar photographic record of American life. ; Oblong 4to ; 168 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 32828
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