Search Results: Photography from lobstabooks

Americal Photographic Publishing Co Boston 1940 Vg (no dj, lightly faded blue cloth, contents clean tight and bright throughout) octavo 128pp. Hints on the various problems of copying black-and-white and coloured originals. Illustrated with 35 figures.

Callaway, New York, 2000 FINE/fine gift quality. a clean and bright copy that appears unread. no inscriptions. 1st edition. Like the photos of crosses in this abundant collection, author and photographer Kelly Klein manages to illuminate the intersection of two edges. On one edge, she brings forth reverence for this ancient symbol of Christian devotion and sacrifice. On the other edge she dares to dally in irreverence, not allowing her vision to be muddied with Christian dogma, etiquette, or protocol. As a result, she presents the cross within a telephone pole as respectfully as she captures the cross that dangles from a nun's habit. In a stunning piece of double photography, we see Malcolm X's FBI file overlaid across his mug shot. Blend the two images together and there's a cross stamped across his heart like an ominous target. While conservative Christians will no doubt find some of the images offensive, most viewers will find them simultaneously beautiful and unsettling. In fact,… Read More

Quartet Books London 1981 a life in photo-journalism G(no dj, pictorial card covers, corners of front cover bumped at the tip, binding firm and pages clean and unmarked but faint narrow damp stain bottom edge of pages not affecting text) quarto 197pp. First edition. B/w photos throughout. Autobiography of one of Fleet Street's best known news photographers, whose coverage of the 1956 Suez Crisis helped win him his first major award.

Fliegenkopf Verlag Halle 1994 Fine (no dj, black cloth with tipped on b/w plate and white titles on front board, black endpapers, all clean and tight without fault) small quarto unpaginated. Collection of superb b/w photographs with brief caption. Introduction and captions in German language.

Spine, London, 2003 FINE/FINE gift quality. a clean and bright copy that appears unopened. no inscriptions. 1st edition. 4to. Venville has been working as a freelance photographer since 1990. These images 1982-2003, accompanied by Venville's technical and personal commentary, of actors, directors, advertising people, models, friends or strangers are often brutal, often erotic, often charming. Illustrated index of plates Profusely illustrated

Aperture, New York, 1998 FINE/FINE. gift quality. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition.

K.O'C Ltd, 1999 FINE/FINE. gift quality. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. Quarto.

K.O'C Ltd, 1999 FINE/FINE. gift quality. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. Quarto.

National Museum of American Art, USA, 1994 FINE. softcover. gift quality. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. Quarto. 100 pages, 26 x 23 cm. Street photographs: men at work, men in transit, men at bars, men in uniform, men at rest: pictures of an "male family

MCP/DAP, USA, 1998 VG near fine copy. no dj. softcover. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. Essays by distinguished writers in the field. To showcase the permanent collection at the Museum Contemporay Photography Chicago. Brief and most useful biographies of 122 contemporary photographers from Abbott to Witkin. Index

Malibu: Paul Getty Museum, 1990 fine paperback with card covers. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. 4to. Papers delivered at a symposium celebrating the invention of photography. Foreword John Walsh. Contributions by Naef, B Newhall, LJ Schaaf, Nancy B Keeler, A Jammes, Graham Smith, E P Janis, J Szarkowski and Richard Benson

Robert Hale, London, 1994 VG Pictoral card cover. Signed by previous owner. FIRST EDITION Octavo pp 144 with photographs. Guide to Richmond upon Thames and the surrounding area, with mnay photographs of the location.

London: Maas Books, 1999 VG pictoral card covers. Slight wear to the edges, otherwise no significant faults with the book. Large format 189pp with photographs by David Koppel throughout. A portrait of the broadlands as they stand today.

Thames & Hudson, London, 1996 VG/VG near fine save for slight edge rounding to ends of dj over spine, and bottom edge. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. 4to. 288 pages, 255 duotone illustrations. An anthology of photos by over 100 internationally known photographers

Thames & Hudson, London, 1996 VG/VG near fine save for slight edge rounding to ends of dj over spine, and bottom edge. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. 4to. 288 pages, 255 duotone illustrations. An anthology of photos by over 100 internationally known photographers

Museum of Contemporary Art,Los Angeles, 2000 fine paperback with card covers. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions. 1st edition. 4to.