biography Photography

Hardcover. NY, Ludion/ D.A.P., 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 167 pages with color and b&w photographs & illustrations. Red cloth boards. Dustjacket. A nice crisp copy. Translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti. Includes notes and acknowledgements. Rene Magritte, the Surrealist artist, began experimenting with photography at any early age. This book studies the ways in which the photographic medium played a constant role in Magritte's social and artistic life.

Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 316 pages, b&w illustrations. Written by his ex-lover, business associate, and close friend, an explicit memoir offers a new perspective on the renowned celebrity photographer with a taste for kinky sex and drugs who died of AIDS in 1989. Fritscher's brutally frank memoir of his ex-lover, confidant, and colleague, drawn from the author's personal documents, seeks to strip away the notoriety surrounding the defiant photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. As editor and writer for the gay magazine Drummer, Fritscher was the first to publish Mapplethorpe's highly charged camera shots depicting a seamy world of "leathersex," sadomasochism, taboos, and fetishes. Here, Fritscher graphically portrays the masculine subculture of the homosexual community that Mapplethorpe inhabited until his death from AIDS in 1989, at age 42. He also discusses the censorship of Mapplethorpe's work within the mainstream gay community. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton/ Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 153 pages, b&w illustrations. "Mather and Weston first met in Los Angeles in 1913. They soon developed a close relationship, eventually working together as full-fledged artistic partners and even co-signing the photographs they produced. Weston was also madly in love with Mather, and the two engaged in an affair during his first marriage, even though Mather was more interested in women. This book which features art by both artists, chronicles their twelve-year association and sheds light on Mather, whose artistry, sexual identity, and mysterious past have been overshadowed by the massive reputation of Edward Weston and his subsequent association with Tina Modotti."

Hardcover. US, Dey Street Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A stunning collection of hundreds of rare and unseen photographs, behind-the-scenes notes, and interviews chronicling the media's lifelong love affair with Marilyn, created by the acclaimed curator and author of Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis. Drawing on unseen troves from dozens of photographers, archives, and collectors, acclaimed photography expert David Wills brings together an unprecedented array of press photos from throughout Marilyn's career--including hundreds of unpublished and rare photographs that have been beautifully restored; uncropped and unretouched outtakes; handwritten notations; period captions; clippings; and more. With a foreword by Robert J. Wagner and interviews from key press agents and others, this portfolio of images offers a fresh, indelible portrait of one of the most enduring icons in history and illuminates the special alliance she shared with the press as never before.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 179 pages, with photographs throughout by Martha Swope. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rub, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Ballantine Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white and color pictures throughout. Clean, tight copy. This beautifully printed volume belongs on your Hollywood shelf beside the works of Kobal, Trent & Lawton, Vieira, and anything else on or by George Hurrell. A brief 30-page recap of the history of still photography in the movie industry is followed by 255 pages showing examples of the work of 43 of the most notable stills men (including two women) who snapped the stars, scenes, and environment of the movies during their first 60 years. A brief chronology of the career (as far as it is known) of each photog is included.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Studio, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap, though part of shrink-wrap is slightly torn. A collection of photographs taken in Memphis brings to life the legends of blues, jazz, rock and roll, and soul, including W.C. Handy, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Isaac Hayes, and others.

Softcover. Seattle WA, University of Washington Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A biography of the celebrated documentary photographer, Milton Rogovin, and catalogue that accompanied an exhibition at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, in 2006. Rogovin (1909-2011) was an optometrist in Buffalo, NY, who turned to photography as a means of expression when he was discredited -- and thereafter lost his business -- by the HUAC committee in 1952. For the rest of his life he documented the lives of the working class around the world. Photographs by Milton Rogovin; text by Melanie Anne Herzog; foreword by Douglas R. Nickel; afterword by Catherine Linder Spencer. 176 pages; 126 duo-toned b&w plates + 21 text illustrations; 9 x 11 inches. Bibliography.

Hardcover. Atlanta, Nexus Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 118 pages. Glossy color illustrated boards, color illustrated end-papers, color and black-and-white illustrations from photographs throughout, accompanying 16 page facsimile journal laid in (no publishing info) with reproductions of polaroids of Burke's. '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.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs throughout. Clean, toght copy with only light edge wear to dut jacket and cover boards.

Hardcover. Paris, Editions Hazan, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages. This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive look at the career of photographer William Notman (1826-1891). Born in Scotland, Notman emigrated to Canada in 1856; he settled in Montreal and opened a photography studio that later had branches throughout Canada and the United States. Notman documented the development of a continent, photographing street scenes in burgeoning cities and modern transportation by steam and rail, and creating portraits of such notable figures as Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill. By fully exploiting the commercial and aesthetic potential of the rapidly advancing photographic technology, Notman contributed to the establishment of the socio-economic prominence of Montreal and played a key role in the formation of a Canadian national identity. Published and unpublished photographs are paired with texts that explore the photographer's numerous achievements.

Hardcover. Paris, Editions Hazan, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages. This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive look at the career of photographer William Notman (1826-1891). Born in Scotland, Notman emigrated to Canada in 1856; he settled in Montreal and opened a photography studio that later had branches throughout Canada and the United States. Notman documented the development of a continent, photographing street scenes in burgeoning cities and modern transportation by steam and rail, and creating portraits of such notable figures as Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill. By fully exploiting the commercial and aesthetic potential of the rapidly advancing photographic technology, Notman contributed to the establishment of the socio-economic prominence of Montreal and played a key role in the formation of a Canadian national identity. Published and unpublished photographs are paired with texts that explore the photographer's numerous achievements.

Hardcover. New York, Princeton Architectral Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with some minor wear to dust jacket edges. Otherwise tight copy. A collection of black and white, and color photographs from the Maresca collection housed at the Newark Musuem, featuring images from the 1920s through the 1960s.

Softcover. Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, color illustrations. a noted commercial photogrpher shows how he approaches and executes a given job. 30 color plates with commentary. Also a lengthy interview with Maisel by editor Susan Weiley.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 164 pages. "With assistant curator of photographs Paul Martineau's intriguing biographical essay (based, in part, on the Getty's archive of Outerbridge papers), 104 stunningly beautiful plates, a chronology, checklist, and index, this catalog offers a highly visual and seductive overview. A section featuring selected photographs from Outerbridge's California years, a period missing from earlier books, makes this publication of interest to specialists as well."--ARLIS/NA Reviews

Hardcover. Koln GR, Taschen, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two large hardcovers in a slipcase, Volume 1: African wildlife photos, Volume II: biography. 494 pages. Text in English. French & German. As a photographer, collector, diarist and writer, U.S. born Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolving into a serious career as an artist. He first visited Africa as a teenager and his documenting of the plight of starving animals, including elephants and rhinos, has continued to highlight the problems facing conservationists. This special edition is based on the original limited Collector's Edition which sold out on publication. NOTE: THIS LARGE HEAVY SET UNAVAILABLE FOR SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE U.S.

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 464 pages. An autobiography from this important photographer. Includes numerous color and black and white images. A record of the photographic career of David Douglas Duncan, LIFE photographer and chronicler of wars from 1939 to Vietnam. From Picasso's private life and his unknown paintings to never-photographed treasures in Moscow's Kremlin, to America's historic 1968 Presidential Convention (also NBC's first photo-news one-man report), the results of Duncan's exuberance and keen eye are finally assembled in Photo Nomad. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Washinton DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 192 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Hine became famous for his photographs of immigrants at Ellis Island, child laborers and European war refugees, and for his later celebrations of industrial workers.

Softcover. New York, Rizzoli , 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Softcover. B&w and color photographs throughout. Binding cracked between two pages. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

London, Hutchinson, 1st UK, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white photos. Very small closed tear on spine of dust jacket. An account of his life and work. Ponting became the official photographer of Scott's second expedition to the South Pole. With 77 black and white photographs taken on his travels.

Hardcover. Germany, Steidl, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. Photographs of President Abraham Lincoln spanning over 20 years. Tight copy.

Softcover. Rutland, VT, Geo Chalmers Co., Inc, 1st Edition, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 21 pages. Softcover. Commemorative pamphlet. B/w labeled illustrations ("Photo-Gravures") throughout. String bound with light blue string(see image). Tanning and other agewear throughout. Front cover has small tear at bottom left (see image). Also included: official Certificate of Membership to the "Home Town Coolidge Club" dated August 15, 1924. Published to commemorate President (1923-29) Calvin Coolidge's roots in Vermont.

Hardcover. NY, Aperture, 3rd pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 159 pages. Biographical profile by Anna Farova, 131 photographs beautifully reproduced in tritones.

Hardcover. New York, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 143 pages. color and duotone illustrations and b&w photos throughout. Beautifully illustrating the art of one of Americas most popular artist, Navaho R. C. Gorman. Photography by Chuck Henningsen. SIGNED BY GORMAN on titlepage. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front. A very attractive and well preserved copy.