Los Alamos Los Alamos

4to. 2003. Stated First Scalo Edition. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages pristine. Beige cloth hardcover, title stamp [more]

4to. 2003. Stated First Scalo Edition. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages pristine. Beige cloth hardcover, title stamped in black on spine, is clean and fresh. The bottom front cover corner is slightly bent from a light bump (or possibly from once being in too-tight shrinkwrap). Cover otherwise fine. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Jacket is clean and complete, minor crimping at spine ends, tiny creases at corner tips but no scuffs, tears or chips. Laid into the book is the Scalo announcement of the book (an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet, a bit rumpled. ) 82 beautifully printed plates of Eggleston's early color work, photographs taken in his native Memphis and on numerous road trips from the mid 1960s to mid 1970s. Foreword by Walter Hopps. Concluding essay, "Draft of a Presentation" by editor Thomas Weski. Text in English and German. A true American classic. 11-3/4 x 11"; 176 pages.[less]

Folio-over 12"-15" Tall (square small) Slight creases and rubbing to top edges of jacket; else a nearly new copy internally. 175, [1] pages. Text in English and German. Select [more]

Folio-over 12"-15" Tall (square small) Slight creases and rubbing to top edges of jacket; else a nearly new copy internally. 175, [1] pages. Text in English and German. Selection from over 2200 color images taken between 1966 and 1974 in and around the famed New Mexican location, celebrated as the birthplace of the Atomic Age; issued in conjunction with the exhibition coordinated by the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, at 5 European and 2 US institutions in all. Introductory essay by Walter Hopps; editor's essay at rear. Printed in Germany.[less]

3908247691. FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--"I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important, [more]

3908247691. FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--"I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important, " William Eggleston once said. This radical attitude guided his ground-breaking work in color photography, work that has prefigured many recent developments in art and photography. Los Alamos presents a series of photographs that has never before been shown, yet it contains a blueprint of Eggleston's aesthetics, his subtle use of subdued color hues, the casual elegance of his trenchant observations of the mysteries of the mundane. The photographs in Los Alamos were shot in Eggleston's native Memphis and on countless road trips across the American South from 1964 to 1968 and from 1972 to 1974. Initially, Eggleston wanted to create a vast compendium of more than 2000 photographs to be contained in 20 volumes; he wanted the viewer to look at the photographs the way one looks at the world. He eventually abandoned this project--and hardly any of the negatives were ever printed. Now, 30 years later, we finally get to see a selection of this encyclopedia of Southern everyday life and vernacular culture. It's a stunning discovery that makes the so-called snapshot photography of recent years pale in comparison. Eggleston's astonishingly timeless portraits, still lives, landscapes, and photographs of buildings add up to a profound investigation of the world and our way of looking at it, a poetics of pleasures hidden in full view. They transcend the merely descriptive and uncover the universal encapsulated in the details and the detritus of life in a consumer culture. Published in collaboration with Museum Ludwig, Cologne. "One of the few genuises in photography."--Andy Grundberg-As one of the few original photographers, William Eggleston has written the story Los Alamos (1966-1974) in his own language, and hence the images are an expression of his vision. In an adventurous balancing act between disturbing content and seductive beauty the author shows us the fragility of our existence.[less]