göttingen gerhard steidl druckerei und verlag 2009 (4 results)

Verkaufskatalog des Gerhard Steidl Druckerei und Verlags, OKart., 165 Seiten mit zahleichen Abb., tadellos, sehr guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 150 pages. Published in 2009. Collection of color photographs on subject. One of the most important photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Mitch Epstein and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 4 pounds. Gray cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Mitch Epstein. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. In matching pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Mitch Epstein's "American Power". His ground-breaking and ongoing project. "Tackles one of the most loaded issues in the nation's agenda: What and who powers America? Between 2003 and 2008, prompted by the evacuation of an environmentally contaminated Ohio town, Epstein travelled the United States to document the country's energy hot spots, where fossil fuel, nuclear, hydro-electric, wind, and solar power are produced, encountering further contaminations, Homeland Security obstacles, corporate invincibility, and the occasional token of hope. In a post-Katrina and post-Patriot Act America, the angle of engagement permitted Epstein often varied so that many of the power plants and refineries were shot from an enforced distance ('If you were Muslim, you'd be cuffed and taken in for questioning', he quotes an FBI agent in West Virginia). Alongside these classic depictions of looming, obdurate power, Epstein includes more idiomatic images: A woman wading in the water above Niagara Falls, father-and-son motorcross bikers, a tree cluttered with debris, which bring the issues back to human scale. In an accompanying essay, he tells us how these experiences deepened his political convictions, and led him to think harder about the artist's role in a country teetering between collapse and transformation. Here is his portrait of early 21st-century America, as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible and sustainable future" (Publisher's blurb). "My aim is to engage with the complexity of the cultural state of things rather than reduce it to visual sloganeering" (Mitch Epstein). An absolute "must-have" title for Mitch Epstein collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Mitch Epstein. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce signed copy thus. 63 color plates. Mitch Epstein's "Family Business" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MITCH EPSTEIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865219241. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 48 pages. Published in 2009. Facsimile Portfolio of the photographer's very first "apprenticeship"/employment resume of his work. One of the most important, most beautiful, and most valuable titles in Robert Frank's oeuvre. The First Edition. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover/portfolio-brochure format original only that sold out shortly after publication. Published as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project". The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Oversize-volume format. Portfolio Brochure/Resume format. Photographs by Robert Frank and those of others that he retouched - and transformed as such. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Portfolio: 40 Photos 1941-1946". A magnificent Facsimile: A gift-gesture for all of us, who will be hard-pressed at spending tens of thousands of dollars apiece for these images in their vintage silver-gelatin print format. And if you're like us, who think Frank's pre-"The Americans" lyrical, innovative, and sublime images are superior, this is indispensable. "When Robert Frank immigrated to New York from Zurich in 1947, having apprenticed with commercial photographers in his hometown, the aspiring young photographer brought along his portfolio to help him secure employment. 'Portfolio' is the Facsimile Version. Containing Frank's earliest original photographs as well the work of other photographers which he had retouched, the portfolio presents images of rural life in Switzerland alongside alpine landscapes, cityscapes, and still life. A guaranteed collector's item, this beautifully printed volume contains the seeds of a career of such scope and influence that even the ambitious 23-year-old Robert Frank could never have anticipated it" (Publisher's blurb). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing (Portfolio-Brochure format) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws ("Acceptable" and "Good" are neither acceptable nor good, NOT for facsimile prints) yet command many hundreds of dollars. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 40 plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 386521813X. no.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 124 pages. Published in 2009. Artist Book. Retrospective collection of photographs, presented as a Slipcased Set. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only and as part of the Steidl "Robert Frank Project" that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl: Small-sized volume format. There are seven individual volumes in all. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. There is no text. Matching slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Steidl in Gottingen, Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ/slipcase, as issued. Presents Robert Frank's "Seven Stories". One of the most sublimely beautiful titles in the Steidl Project. "After completing his seminal photography book, 'The Americans' in 1958, Robert Frank put aside the still image and concentrated throughout the 1960's on film-making. He returned to still photography in the 1970's, using a Polaroid camera with black-and-white positive/negative film. These images were frequently layered with text, which Frank inscribed by hand onto the Polaroid negative. He found that these works allowed him more freedom to 'destroy the perfect image'. In recent years, Frank has worked almost exclusively with Polaroids, exploring the collage and assemblage possibilities of the instant photograph. This slipcased collection of small, staple-bound books represents a new stage in the practice of a remarkable artist who continually challenges the limits of photography and strives to avoid repeating himself" (Gerhard Steidl). "He can portray real pain and capture profound depths of human emotion better than almost any other photographer; indeed, better than almost any other artist in any medium" (Martin Parr and Gerry Badger). Robert Frank died on September 9, 2019 at the age of 94 as the greatest photographer of our time. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Frank collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the first page of Volume 1 by Robert Frank. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great Artist Book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Signed Robert Franks are rare, command as much as $20000 online even if they are not in fine condition, and will always keep their value. A rare signed copy thus. 124 plates. Three of Robert Frank's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". At the age of 92, Robert Frank was profiled in 2016 by The New York Times as "the greatest photographer of our time". A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT FRANK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3865217893. Signed by Author.