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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Sehr gut. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 118 p. ISBN: 9780932526502 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 873.
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Ajouter au panierEtat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur).
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : new. Bill Burke (illustrateur). Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Bill Burke (illustrateur). A nice, bright copy. ; B & W and Color halftones; 279 X 0 X 229 millimeters; 118 pages.
EUR 30,58
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Ajouter au panierBill Burke (illustrateur). Hardcover without dustjacket as issued with staple-bound text booklet laid in; unpaginated; as new condition, no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
EUR 20,18
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). *NEW* pictorial hardcover, sealed in plastic. Fresh from a distributor with no price tags and no remainder marks.
Vendeur : Black Gull Books (P.B.F.A.), St Leonard's on Sea, Royaume-Uni
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bill Burke (illustrateur).
Vendeur : Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, Etats-Unis
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EUR 43,68
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : New. No Jacket. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Bill Burke (illustrator). First edition. Hardcover. Burke's second book, an attractive follow up to his seminal first book "I Want to Take Picture" which was also published by Nexus. Includes numerous color and black and white images. A very fine copy in photo illustrated boards and with laid in stapled pamphlet. No dust jacket as issued. As new and still in the publisher's shrink-wrap.
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). New item in gift quality condition. 99% of orders arrive in 4-10 days. Discounted shipping on multiple books.
Vendeur : Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, Etats-Unis
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EUR 52,42
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Like New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). First Edition. Publisher: Nexus Press, 1995.FINE Hardcover in glossy pictorial boards, as issued. First Edition. First Printing. Previous owner's artistic embossed stamp at bottom of third page, otherwise as new.
Edité par Nexus Press, Atlanta, GA, 1995
ISBN 10 : 0932526500 ISBN 13 : 9780932526502
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, Etats-Unis
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EUR 30,58
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Ajouter au panierBill Burke (illustrateur). First edition. Hardcover. Burke's second book, an attractive follow up to his seminal first book "I Want to Take Picture" which was also published by Nexus. Includes numerous color and black and white images. A fine copy in photo illustrated boards and with laid in stapled pamphlet. No dust jacket as issued. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap.
EUR 11,35
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bill Burke (illustrateur). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
EUR 43,68
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. No jacket as issued. Inscribed by Burke with notes and "actual signature" stamp. Laid in staple bound booklet. Bumps to spine corners, otherwise near fine. [SArt]. Inscribed by Author(s).
EUR 39,32
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Bill Burke (illustrateur). Includes accompanying booklet.
EUR 39,32
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Like New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Nexus Press, 1995. Quarto. Pictorial boards with photographic endpapers. Signed by Bill Burke with "Oh yeah? Who says?" on half title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. ISBN: 0932526500. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
EUR 43,68
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Fine. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Mild shelf wear, if any. Signed by the artist.
EUR 52,42
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Bill Burke (illustrateur). Inscribed by the photographer on the second page. Includes accompanying booklet.
EUR 5,67
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Fine. Bill Burke (illustrateur). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! May contain remainder marks. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
EUR 6,56
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bill Burke (illustrateur). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
EUR 6,56
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Very Good. Bill Burke (illustrateur). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Vendeur : Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, Etats-Unis
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EUR 57,66
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in ink opposite the title page by Burke (under his self-portrait), with his personal 'Actual Signature' stamp added. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs, video stills, journal entries, film stills and other illustrations by Bill Burke. Also included with the book is a booklet 16-page journal/book insert (8-1/8 x 5-3/8 inches) with illustrations of samples from Burke's personal journals, and including 11 black and white reproductions of Polaroid prints. 118 pp., with 95 duotone and numerous color reproductions, including two 2-page gatefolds. 11-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches. This first edition was limited to 5000 hardbound copies. New (opened only for signature). Burke designed the book entirely in the offset printing medium, without computer resources. Also included with the book is a booklet 16-page journal/book insert (8 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches) with illustrations of samples from Burke's personal journals, and including 11 black and white reproductions of Polaroid prints. From the publisher: "Mine Fields (a sequel to Bill Burke's justly famous I Want to Take Picture), is Burke's scrapbook of his life and his pursuit of the history and daily life of Cambodia. Part adventure story, part personal confession, part travelogue, and always fascinating, Burke's negotiation of the mine fields of divorce and war is a compelling collage of photographs, found objects, stories, and the contrast between glorious ancient temples and the horrors of war and genocide." About Bill Burke: Since the early 1980s, Bill Burke has photographed extensively in Southeast Asia, focusing primarily in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Burke's haunting and layered examination of the landscape and people is informed by the collective political and social conscience galvanized by the United States' lengthy occupation and annihilation of these regions before, during, and after the Vietnam War. His lifelong desire to connect personally and viscerally to the people he meets sets his work in an altogether separate category from most artists who photograph outside their circumscribed "experience." Neither overtly political nor proscriptive, Burke's work instead recognizes the personal is indeed political. Gone are the cultural stereotypes we have long seen in images of Southeast Asia. Instead we are able to experience the intensity of the individual through Bill Burke's idiosyncratic and careful observation. He obliterates the notion that the "documentary photograph" is a vehicle for "truth" and compellingly shows the viewer that it is always a form of personal or political propaganda. 'I Want to Take Picture' (originally published by Nexus Press in 1987) is a combination artist book and 'travelogue.' It is considered by many to be one of the very best, disturbing and important books in the history of photography. From Bill Burke (1987): "Each day, I was thinking about practicality, is my pass in order, how do I get there, who do I meet that will get me through. The philosophical thoughts came later. When I realized that I had access to the camps and could see the Khmer Rouge, it was like being able to see the Devil. It seamed to be an incredible opportunity." From an interview with Bill Burke by Willis Hartshorn (New York City, June 1987): "Hartshorn: 'Do you find it problematic that in a politically savage environment your pictures are often ambiguous as to who's good and who's bad?' Burke: 'I have no problem with ambiguity. Again, all the information is filtered, everything I know about it is secondhand. I know what the refugees at the border say and what books say. I heard how bad the Khmer Rouge were, and then as I read more I found out the other people had been bad too. The people who were victims at one time were victimizing others at another time. There are two sides, the information is slanted, and it's good that people understand that. . . I would like things to be spelled out clearly so I wouldn't have to think about it. But that's not the way it is. I can't say this is this and that is that. There is no indisputable truth.'" Signed by Author.
EUR 74,26
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : As New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Hardback; published w/o jacket (decorative boards); SIGNED by Bill Burke; otherwise unmarked; no bent/torn pp.; boards excellent. Signed by Author.
EUR 43,64
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Bill Burke (illustrateur). SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine hardcover; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A continuation of the story and style made famous in 'I Want To Take Picture.' Images of Cambodia and Thailand, often disturbing, and scenes from Burke's life in between trips to SE Asia. Photographs, collages, and text by Bill Burke. SIGNED BY BURKE over his photo on the second page with a word balloon personalization. From an unnumbered edition limited to 5000 copies. 120 pages with two gatefolds; duo-toned b&w and color images throughout; 8.5 x 11.25 inches. LAID-IN is a 16-page, 5.25- x 8-inch, illustrated facsimile diary.
Vendeur : Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, Etats-Unis
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EUR 72,08
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in ink opposite the title page by Burke (under his self-portrait), with his personal 'Actual Signature' stamp added. Burke also hand-stamped this copy with 6 additional text stamps on page 115 of the book, under video still images from "Divorce Video." Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. 118 pp., with 95 duotone and numerous color reproductions, including two 2-page gatefolds (photograph, video stills, journal entries, film stills and other illustrations, from Burke's trips to Cambodia since 1982). 11-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches. This first edition was limited to 5000 hardbound copies. New (opened only for signature). Burke designed the book entirely in the offset printing medium, without computer resources. Also included with the book is a booklet 16-page journal/book insert (8 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches) with illustrations of samples from Burke's personal journals, and including 11 black and white reproductions of Polaroid prints. From the publisher: "Mine Fields (a sequel to Bill Burke's justly famous I Want to Take Picture), is Burke's scrapbook of his life and his pursuit of the history and daily life of Cambodia. Part adventure story, part personal confession, part travelogue, and always fascinating, Burke's negotiation of the mine fields of divorce and war is a compelling collage of photographs, found objects, stories, and the contrast between glorious ancient temples and the horrors of war and genocide." About Bill Burke: Since the early 1980s, Bill Burke has photographed extensively in Southeast Asia, focusing primarily in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Burke's haunting and layered examination of the landscape and people is informed by the collective political and social conscience galvanized by the United States' lengthy occupation and annihilation of these regions before, during, and after the Vietnam War. His lifelong desire to connect personally and viscerally to the people he meets sets his work in an altogether separate category from most artists who photograph outside their circumscribed "experience." Neither overtly political nor proscriptive, Burke's work instead recognizes the personal is indeed political. Gone are the cultural stereotypes we have long seen in images of Southeast Asia. Instead we are able to experience the intensity of the individual through Bill Burke's idiosyncratic and careful observation. He obliterates the notion that the "documentary photograph" is a vehicle for "truth" and compellingly shows the viewer that it is always a form of personal or political propaganda. 'I Want to Take Picture' (originally published by Nexus Press in 1987) is a combination artist book and 'travelogue.' It is considered by many to be one of the very best, disturbing and important books in the history of photography. From Bill Burke (1987): "Each day, I was thinking about practicality, is my pass in order, how do I get there, who do I meet that will get me through. The philosophical thoughts came later. When I realized that I had access to the camps and could see the Khmer Rouge, it was like being able to see the Devil. It seamed to be an incredible opportunity." From an interview with Bill Burke by Willis Hartshorn (New York City, June 1987): "Hartshorn: 'Do you find it problematic that in a politically savage environment your pictures are often ambiguous as to who's good and who's bad?' Burke: 'I have no problem with ambiguity. Again, all the information is filtered, everything I know about it is secondhand. I know what the refugees at the border say and what books say. I heard how bad the Khmer Rouge were, and then as I read more I found out the other people had been bad too. The people who were victims at one time were victimizing others at another time. There are two sides, the information is slanted, and it's good that people understand that. . . I would like things to be spelled out clearly so I wouldn't have to think about it. But that's not the way it is. I can't say this is this and that is that. There is no indisputable truth.'" Signed by Author.
EUR 82,01
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
EUR 91,74
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur).
EUR 130,18
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : very good. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. Mine Fields by Bill Burke and signed by Burke is a collection of photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera and writings from his visits to Cambodia from 1982 to 1995. Elements are collaged and the psychological difficulty of the trips to this war torn country is mixed in with his break-up and divorce from his wife, a look at the microcosm and macrocosm, the personal and the political. 120 pages, two fold-outs, 16 page loose booklet laid in, color and black and white. Hardback, no dj as issued. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4. Very good condition.
Vendeur : Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, Etats-Unis
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EUR 177,80
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : No dust jacket as issued. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Special limited edition of 75 copies, signed by Burke, in a black linen slipcase (with blind-stamped land mine shapes and red printed label tipped in), lacking the original 10 x 8 inch gelatin silver print. Signed in ink opposite the title page by Burke (under his self-portrait). Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. 118 pp., with 95 duotone and numerous color reproductions, including two 2-page gatefolds (photographs, video stills, journal entries, film stills and other illustrations, from Burke's trips to Cambodia since 1982). 11-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches. Out of print. As New. Burke designed the book entirely in the offset printing medium, without computer resources. Also included with the book is a booklet 16-page journal/book insert (8 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches) with illustrations of samples from Burke's personal journals, and including 11 black and white reproductions of Polaroid prints. From the publisher: "Mine Fields (a sequel to Bill Burke's justly famous I Want to Take Picture), is Burke's scrapbook of his life and his pursuit of the history and daily life of Cambodia. Part adventure story, part personal confession, part travelogue, and always fascinating, Burke's negotiation of the mine fields of divorce and war is a compelling collage of photographs, found objects, stories, and the contrast between glorious ancient temples and the horrors of war and genocide." About Bill Burke: Since the early 1980s, Bill Burke has photographed extensively in Southeast Asia, focusing primarily in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Burke's haunting and layered examination of the landscape and people is informed by the collective political and social conscience galvanized by the United States' lengthy occupation and annihilation of these regions before, during, and after the Vietnam War. His lifelong desire to connect personally and viscerally to the people he meets sets his work in an altogether separate category from most artists who photograph outside their circumscribed "experience." Neither overtly political nor proscriptive, Burke's work instead recognizes the personal is indeed political. Gone are the cultural stereotypes we have long seen in images of Southeast Asia. Instead we are able to experience the intensity of the individual through Bill Burke's idiosyncratic and careful observation. He obliterates the notion that the "documentary photograph" is a vehicle for "truth" and compellingly shows the viewer that it is always a form of personal or political propaganda. 'I Want to Take Picture' (originally published by Nexus Press in 1987) is a combination artist book and 'travelogue.' It is considered by many to be one of the very best, disturbing and important books in the history of photography. From Bill Burke (1987): "Each day, I was thinking about practicality, is my pass in order, how do I get there, who do I meet that will get me through. The philosophical thoughts came later. When I realized that I had access to the camps and could see the Khmer Rouge, it was like being able to see the Devil. It seamed to be an incredible opportunity." From an interview with Bill Burke by Willis Hartshorn (New York City, June 1987): "Hartshorn: 'Do you find it problematic that in a politically savage environment your pictures are often ambiguous as to who's good and who's bad?' Burke: 'I have no problem with ambiguity. Again, all the information is filtered, everything I know about it is secondhand. I know what the refugees at the border say and what books say. I heard how bad the Khmer Rouge were, and then as I read more I found out the other people had been bad too. The people who were victims at one time were victimizing others at another time. There are two sides, the information is slanted, and it's good that people understand that. . . I would like things to be spelled out clearly so I wouldn't have to think about it. But that's not the way it is. I can't say this is this and that is that. There is no indisputable truth.'" Signed by Author.
Edité par Atlanta, GA: Nexus Press, 1995, 1995
ISBN 10 : 0932526500 ISBN 13 : 9780932526502
Langue: anglais
Vendeur : ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, Etats-Unis
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EUR 480,53
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : As New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 118 pages. Published in 1995. Retrospective collection of photographs, with integral materials. One of Bill Burke's finest achievements. Special Limited Edition of 75 indicated and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. Published as a slipcased hardcover edition only. The Limited Edition is now rare. A magnificent production by Bill Burke: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Bill Burke. Original 8 X 10 inch double-weight, silver-gelatin print encased in its own protective plastic sleeve and laid-in. Booklet of Excerpts from Burke's journals and black-and-white reproductions of Polaroid prints, also laid-in. Brilliantly designed black linen cloth pictorial slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Canada to the highest standards. The production values are outstanding in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Special Limited Edition format, Bill Burke's "Mine Fields". Physical, personal, cultural, mental, and psychological dangers that the photographer confronted in order to do justice to his subject - and come to terms with himself. His sequel to "I Want To Take Picture", this is Bill Burke's "scrapbook of his life, and his pursuit of the history and daily life of Cambodia. Part adventure story, part personal confession, part travelogue, and always fascinating, Burke's negotiation of the mine fields of divorce and war is a compelling collage of photographs, found objects, stories, and the contrast between glorious ancient temples and the horrors of war and genocide. Neither overtly political nor proscriptive, Burke's work instead recognizes the personal is indeed political. Obliterates the notion that the 'documentary' photograph is a vehicle for 'truth', and compellingly shows that it is always a form of personal or political propaganda" (Publisher's blurb). Exceptional among photographers who have an explicitly ideological slant, Bill Burke's stance is more complex and nuanced: "I have no problem with ambiguity" (Bill Burke). The result is this dazzling, maddening, and overwhelming near-masterpiece of a photobook. An absolute "must-have" title for Bill Burke collectors. This is a copy of the Special Limited Edition of 75 copies, indicated as such. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen underneath his self-portrait by Bill Burke. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is an 8 X 10 inch silver-gelatin print, also very prominently and beautifully dated and signed in pencil on verso by the photographer: "Bill Burke 1990". The title is an art photography classic. This is one of very few copies of the Special Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the regular trade edition. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone and color plates, 2 gatefolds, 1 original print. Bill Burke's "I Want To Take Picture" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BILL BURKE AND "THE KILLING FIELDS" TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0932526500. Signed by Author.
Vendeur : Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, Etats-Unis
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EUR 961,07
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : New. Bill Burke (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Special limited edition of 75 copies, signed by Burke, in a black linen slipcase (with blind-stamped land mine shapes and red printed label tipped in), with an original 10 x 8 inch gelatin silver print (print edition of 75 signed and dated in pencil on verso by Burke). Signed in ink opposite the title page by Burke (under his self-portrait). Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. 118 pp., with 95 duotone and numerous color reproductions, including two 2-page gatefolds (photographs, video stills, journal entries, film stills and other illustrations, from Burke's trips to Cambodia since 1982). 11-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches. Out of print. New (book, print and slipcase all in flawless, pristine condition). Burke designed the book entirely in the offset printing medium, without computer resources. Also included with the book is a booklet 16-page journal/book insert (8 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches) with illustrations of samples from Burke's personal journals, and including 11 black and white reproductions of Polaroid prints. From the publisher: "Mine Fields (a sequel to Bill Burke's justly famous I Want to Take Picture), is Burke's scrapbook of his life and his pursuit of the history and daily life of Cambodia. Part adventure story, part personal confession, part travelogue, and always fascinating, Burke's negotiation of the mine fields of divorce and war is a compelling collage of photographs, found objects, stories, and the contrast between glorious ancient temples and the horrors of war and genocide." About Bill Burke: Since the early 1980s, Bill Burke has photographed extensively in Southeast Asia, focusing primarily in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Burke's haunting and layered examination of the landscape and people is informed by the collective political and social conscience galvanized by the United States' lengthy occupation and annihilation of these regions before, during, and after the Vietnam War. His lifelong desire to connect personally and viscerally to the people he meets sets his work in an altogether separate category from most artists who photograph outside their circumscribed "experience." Neither overtly political nor proscriptive, Burke's work instead recognizes the personal is indeed political. Gone are the cultural stereotypes we have long seen in images of Southeast Asia. Instead we are able to experience the intensity of the individual through Bill Burke's idiosyncratic and careful observation. He obliterates the notion that the "documentary photograph" is a vehicle for "truth" and compellingly shows the viewer that it is always a form of personal or political propaganda. 'I Want to Take Picture' (originally published by Nexus Press in 1987) is a combination artist book and 'travelogue.' It is considered by many to be one of the very best, disturbing and important books in the history of photography. From Bill Burke (1987): "Each day, I was thinking about practicality, is my pass in order, how do I get there, who do I meet that will get me through. The philosophical thoughts came later. When I realized that I had access to the camps and could see the Khmer Rouge, it was like being able to see the Devil. It seamed to be an incredible opportunity." From an interview with Bill Burke by Willis Hartshorn (New York City, June 1987): "Hartshorn: 'Do you find it problematic that in a politically savage environment your pictures are often ambiguous as to who's good and who's bad?' Burke: 'I have no problem with ambiguity. Again, all the information is filtered, everything I know about it is secondhand. I know what the refugees at the border say and what books say. I heard how bad the Khmer Rouge were, and then as I read more I found out the other people had been bad too. The people who were victims at one time were victimizing others at another time. There are two sides, the information is slanted, and it's good that people understand that. . . I would like things to be spelled out clearly so I wouldn't have to think about it. But that's not the way it is. I can't say this is this and that is that. There is no indisputable truth.'" Signed by Author.