Paul Shambroom: Meetings by Paul Shambroom (Photographer) - 2009-06-30

London: Chris Boot, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Photobook providing dramatic and revealing large-format panoramic tableaux of American democracy in action. Included in Parr and Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2006). 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 31 cm. First edition, first printing. Yellow boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear and some small bumps to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Chris Boot 2009. Hardcover, 122 pages, ENG , 310 x 245 x 15 mm, dustjacket is included but not in good condition, book is as New, illustrated in coloured photographs. ISBN 9780954281380. An essay in the representation of politics, these large-format panoramic photographs of town council meetings across the United States are the result of four years of traveling by artist-photographer Paul Shambroom. Photographing civic meetings as staged tableaux, his pictures resemble epic history paintings, describing the humble practice of local government and the character of small town America on a grand scale. The images are accompanied by the minutes of each meeting?40,000 words reproduced on bible paper at the back of the book.

Chris Boot, London, 2004. hardcover. fine. Paul Shambroom is a Minneapolis-based photo artist who, over a period of four years, attended hundreds of town council meetings across the United States. Photographing the participants with a large-format panoramic camera, as staged tableaux, his dramatic pictures resemble epic history paintings they describe the humble practice of local government on a grand scale.

LONDON: CHRIS BOOT LTD.. Fine. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. 0954281381 . First edition. Close to fine in very good+ or better dust jacket. (1"-inch tear at base of rear panel of jacket with light crease & 1/2"-inch tear at base of rear panel next to spine. 2 tiny nicks at crest of spine & base of front panel of jacket. ) ; 9 3/4" X 12 1/4" .

Chris Boot, 2009-06-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!