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Photobook - The Teds - Chris Steele - Perkins
Softback Size: 28 x 20.4 cm Pages: 120 Illustrations: 72 black & white photographs Published: 1979 First edition Publisher: Travelling Light/Exit Stock number: 017749/0123 Price: £95 + P & P A very nice copy with a hint of wear to bottom edges, corners, and spine, light surface wear to covers - these minor flaws, are all fairly typical with this title because of the vulnerable silver foil papered boards. Inscribed inside. The Teddy Boys were a flashily dressed, rebellious and sometimes violent youth movement that originated in Britain in the '50s. The three - quarter - length Edwardian jacket with velvet collar, drainpipe trousers and quiff became a focus of male fashion which still holds cult status today. The Teds combines image and text to tell their story - - a fascinating tale spanning three decades. -
Photobook - The Unclosed Eye - The Music Photography Of David Redfern
Softback Size: 31.6 x 25.1 cm Pages: 176 Illustrations: Over 400 photographs Published: 1999 Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing Ltd Stock number: 017786/0123 Price: £15 + P & P Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In the ever - evolving music industry, photographer David Redfern remains a constant: always there and guaranteed to get results. From jazz greats like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Ella Fitzgerald to rock legends like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones, Redfern has taken some of the most memorable and definitive shots in music history, as witnessed on international magazine covers, books, posters, record sleeves, even U.S. postage stamps. Featuring more than 400 photos, each with their own story, The Unclosed Eye is an extraordinary pictorial record of the last five decades of music. -
Photobook - Walker Evans - The Magazine Work - David Campany
Hardback Size: 32.5 x 25.2 cm Pages: 224 Published: 2014 First edition Publisher: Steidl, Germany Stock number: 017752/0123 Price: £45 + P & P Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. A very fine copy in illustrated white paper covered boards, without jacket as issued. Plates, printed in sepia, with long introductory essay by David Campany. Walker Evans was one of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century, producing a body of photographs that continues to shape our understanding of the modern era. He worked in every genre and format, in black and white and in colour, but two passions were constant: literature and the printed page. While his photographic books are among the most significant in the medium’s history, Evans’s more ephemeral pages remain largely unknown. In small avant - garde publications and mainstream titles such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Architectural Forum, Life and Fortune he produced innovative and independent journalism, often setting his own assignments, editing, writing and designing his pages. Presenting many of his photo - essays in their entirety, Walker Evans: The Magazine Work assembles the unwritten history of this work, allowing us to see how he protected his autonomy, earned a living and found audiences far beyond the museum and gallery. -
Photobook-A Maverick Eye: the Street Photography of John Deakin Hardback Pages: 208 Size: 30.5 x 25 cm Published: 2002 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Stock number: RG1616/0124 Price: £55 + P&P John Deakin's extraordinary documentary photographs are haunting evocations of life on the streets of London, Paris and Rome in the 1950s and 1960s. His eye is a profoundly generous one and his chief focus is on ordinary life. His pictures of dog walkers, priests, nuns and shopkeepers reveal and empathy to tival that of Doisneau and Brassai. Equally intriguing are his depictions of human activity with the participants gone: a vanished vernacular of chalked-up children's games, of graffitied messages of love or anger to the world, street signs, peeling wills, window shutters and shop-front banners - signals from another age. Revealed here is a far broader range of photography than that on which Deakin's reputation has rested so far. But the creative souls and maverick talents that frequented the streets of Soho in its heyday - Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud among them - make their appearance along with anonymous figures and strong faces from Paris and Rome. Both friends and stars appear in Robin Muir's introduction, which describes both Deakin the man and Deakin the artist. Following his death in 1972 his work lay neglected for a number of years and his reputation dwindled. A Maverick Eye restores him to his proper place and one of the great photographers of the postwar period. -
Photobook-David Bailey-The Lady is a Tramp Portraits of Catherine Bailey Text by Fay Weldon Hardback Pages: 176 Size: 25 x 33 cm Published: 1995 Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd Stock number: RG1642/0124 Price: £30 + P&P From the legendary David Bailey comes this collection of photographs - a tribute to his wife, the model Catherine Bailey. Divided into five sections - nudes, fashion, pregnancy, children and beauty - these images capture her in different incarnations, as wife, mother, lover, seductress...and as tramp. The text is provided by Fay Weldon, a close friend of both David and Catherine Bailey. She explores the relationship between the photographer and his wife, and wider themes such as the interaction of commerce and art, the status of photography as a "real" art-form and the different ways men and women see the world. Good condition, small stain on spine and front cover. Signed on inside page by owner. -
Photobook-David Plummer-7 Years of Camera Shake Hardback Size: 26.4 x 29.6 cm Pages: 256 Published: 2017 Publisher: Unbound Stock number: RG1633/0124 Price: £30 + P & P As humans, we are drawn to predators like no other group of animals. They are the epitome of form and function, and have a level of perfection that we revere. In 2009, wildlife expert, conservationist and photographer David Plummer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Rather than let it defeat him, he was galvanised to grab life by the horns and achieve the perfect wildlife shot. Over the next seven years, he did much more than that. The result is this breathtaking collection of over 200 of his best and favourite photographs of exotic and wild animals in their natural habitats. To capture them, David travelled to some of the most remote and stunning locations across the world, from Africa to India to the Galápagos Islands and back to his native England. 7 Years of Camera Shake showcases seven years of immersive and illuminating photography: of predators on the prowl, of prey in the clutches of death, of the inexplicable synchronisation of nature, of the beautiful relationship between mother and child, and much, much more. Plummer’s work has been featured in wildlife publications and national and international press, and now the work he has produced since his diagnosis is showcased here, accompanied by his thoughts and anecdotes on how he achieved each perfect shot. Book in very good condition, dust jacket slightly worn top and bottom. -
Photobook-Gabriele Basilico: Workbook 1968-2006 Text by Achille Bonito Oliva Hardback Size: 28.7 x 24.6 cm Pages: 240 Published: 2006 Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing Stock number: RG1631/0124 Price: £30 + P & P A first retrospective monograph by the major international photographer. Gabriele Basilico’s landscapes explore the complex interrelationships between the built environment and the natural one. With more than three hundred photographs—from Glasgow to Tel Aviv, from Milan to Beirut—this is a comprehensive overview of a major figure whose career has spanned almost forty years. -
Photobook-Mario Testino- Portraits Softback Size: 36.5 x 27 cm Pages: 127 Published: 2002 Publisher: Bulfinch Press Stock number: 011640/0124 Price: £35 + P&P Sexy, famous, beautifula Testino portrait is as unmistakeable as his subject. MARIO TESTINO: PORTRAITS features the cream of the crop in our celebrity-obsessed age: Naomi Campbell, Jude Law, Kate Moss, Gwyneth Paltrowthose whose names have become the hallmarks, almost the logos, of the fashion world. Testinos relationship with his subjects is simply and succinctly summed up by Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue: People love to be photographed by Mario. His innate sense of fashion, which has made him the most sought-after contemporary photographer today, has transformed many of his portraits into icons. Very good condition with slight wear to the corners. Mario Testino’s touring exhibition Mario Testino: Portraits debuted at The National Portrait Gallery in London in 2002. The first ever museum exhibition of his work, the show featured over 120 portraits personally selected by Testino, many which had never been seen before their first unveiling. I remember going to see this exhibition at the time and this photobook brings back all the memories of seeing these great photographs. -
Photobook-Photo By Sammy Davis, Jr Text by Burt Boyar Hardback Pages: 352 Size: 30.5 x 24 cm Published: 2007 Publisher: ReganBooks Stock number: RG1644/0124 Price: £40 + P&P A previously unpublished collection of personal and celebrity photographs taken by the pioneering Rat Pack entertainer shares his intimate perspectives on everyday life and classic Hollywood, from a group of children laughing to a baseball game at the Washington Monument. Excellent condition. -
Photobook-Rankin-Hunger: The book Hardback Pages: 256 Size: 35 x 27.5 cm Published: 2022 Publisher: teNeues Verlag Stock number: RG1623/0124 Price: £30 + P&P Hunger: The Book is a look back over the ten issues and five years of Hunger Magazine, launched by photographer Rankin in 2011. The biannual magazine was born from Rankin's desire to celebrate the most creative and provocative voices in culture and fashion. The book highlights the magazine's finest moments, editorials, and celebrity portraits, as well as taking a behind-the-scenes look that includes never-before-published images, film stills, original sketches and tell-all anecdotes. Very good condition. -
Photobook-Rankin-More Hardback Size: 36.5 x 28 cm Pages: 368 Illustrations: B&W and colour photographs Published: 2013 Publisher: TeNeues Stock number: 011628/0124 Price: £58 + P&P One of the most compelling celebrity photographers of his generation, Rankin brings a charged vitality to all the subjects he portrays. Never afraid to break with convention, he always brings a distinctive artistry to his saucy and irreverent interpretations of sex and glamour. This comprehensive overview combines the best of his work from the worlds of fashion, music and the media. Rankin manages to have us see familiar faces such as Heidi Klum or Beth Ditto in new and challenging ways. Never content with the status quo, he constantly innovates with daring projects such as his current Hunger magazine. Although a master of carefully constructed staging and composition, Rankin's images are always packed to the brim with freshness and spontaneity. Very good condition with very slight wear to the corners.
