Bernard Bruce Text (7 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 320 pages. 10-1/2 by 12 inches. The book presents the photographs that define Rodger's career and a commentary on his journey. With over 260 images in black-and-white. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with only a few tiny chips to the edges and light rubbing. It was for LIFE that George Rodger embarked on a series of adventures that were to take him to almost every theatre of war in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. His urge to record also found expression on paper, and he was later to publish an enthralling account of these years, and to undertake a lecture tour throughout America. The fulcrum of his career came with the liberation of Belsen. As the only photographer present, the images he captured became crucially important in making known the depravity of the camps. Rodger's professional interest led him to join Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour and Robert Capa in founding the greatest picture agency of the post-war era, Magnum Photos. In 1948 he embarked on a campaign of photography rediscovering humanity, starting with an expedition from Capetown to Cairo by road.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. photographs by George Rodger (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 29x25cm. Soft cover. First edition thus. Published on occasion of exhibition 'George Rodger: The Retrospective' at the Barbican Art Gallery, London. pp319(1) with numerous monochrome images, chronology, and bibliography. Illustrated card wrappers. Backstrip with very light reading crease, tip of upper outer corner of rear wrapper slightly rubbed. Gift Inscription "Luba, With love Jim 28/10/95" on half-title. Near Fine copy.…

Condition: Gut. Formateinband: Leinen mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe 262 S. (31x25 cm) Gebundene Ausgabe; 1. Aufl.; (Durchgehend fotografisch bebildert); Schutzumschlag etwas gealtert; am vorderen Innengelenk angeplatzt; sonst gut erhalten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2350 [Stichwörter: Fotografie, Photographie, Bildband, Katalog]. …

4to, black and white illustrations. A very good paperback copy in like dust jacket. Light offsetting from tape on front end paper. Contains images taken over 40 years in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Rodger was one of the founders of Magnum Photos.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. As virtually mint copy, in dust jacket, with a slight crunch at the spine head.

Square quarto, white light card covers, black lettering to spine, photo illus prelims, 319pp, illus - b&w photo plates, VG (light scuffing, soiling, discolouration & creasing to covers, light soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, in removeable plastic protective sleeve).