Gill Stephen Will Self (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Black and color-illustrated boards; 72 unnumbered pages; richly illustrated, primarily in color. VG (Lightly handled, near pristine copy.).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. Signed by the photographer on the half-title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [London]: Nobody/Archive of Modern Conflict, 2014. First edition. [72]pp; color plates. Large 4to. Decorative cloth boards; no jacket, as issued. Fine. Signed, dated in year of publication and inscribed by Gill to previous owner on half-title. Striking series of color photographs whose negatives Gill treated with various energy drinks, resulting in unpredictable and frequently psychedelic disruptions to the images. Each plate titled at base with the name of the particular energy drink used in its creation. A compelling body of work, both aesthetically and as a commentary on the chemical mediations of contemporary life. Introduction by Will Self. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued; unpaginated; as new condition; clean and crisp; signed by Stephen Gill in pencil on half-title page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Oblong 4to. pp 52. 20cm by 26cm. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered black. Issued without dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Signed by Stephen Gill on the title page. ISBN: 0957536976 Fine. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to. Circa 50 pages. Oriignal colour boards and similar slip-case/clam-shell box.Colour photos throughout. Intro by Will Self. Signed by Gill, in pencil, to the title page. No 12 of 100 copies. Loosely insered white envelope with number 12 stamped on it containing original colour photo measuring 11 1/2 by 8 1/2. Photobook. ISBN: 9780957536968 Fine. Signedes.

VG near fine no dj. hardcopy. gift quality. crisp and clean - it is really in delightful condition. no inscriptions. from the personal collection of a dealer/collector. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Condition: New, opened for signature only. Signed by Gill, in pencil, to the title page. Hardcover. Printed cloth covered boards with the title to the lower side. No dust jacket, as issued. Photographs by Stephen Gill. Words by Will Self. Edited, sequenced and produced by Stephen Gill. Book design by Melanie Mues. Large 4to (36.2cm x 26.5cm), pp.72, 43 colour photographs. From Stephen Gill: "The series Best Before End is an attempt to reflect and respond to the intensity of inner city life by focusing on the phenomenal rise of energy drinks. These powerful and potentially dangerous stimulants are being sold and consumed in ever-increasing quantities as the demands of modern life and the growth of a 24-hour society almost forbid us to become tired. With Best Before End I decided to give the subject of the series a direct physical presence in the images. The colour negative films were part-processed and soaked in energy drink, which caused image shifts and disruptions and softened the film emulsion. This softening allowed for manual stretching, moving, tearing and distortion of the layers of film emulsion to take place, and further manual shifts were added with a soft brush while the emulsion was still pliable. All the drinks were sourced in East London, which is also where the images were made." From Will Self: "Tiredness can indeed kill but then whats death if not a big Chandleresque sleep, in which wiseacre gumshoes drive to the end of the night only to discover that its their own involvement in the case that led to the murder-spree. Ill sleep when Im dead, for all sleep is the sleep of reason we need our wits about us: its an accelerated world out there, demanding split-second decision making capability to hit the right button so as to make the right multi-million dollar trade, or order the next pizza, or download the next app. We swim through an orangey brinelight: a carbonated energy field of unified, fizzing awareness; its dreamlike this existence most certainly but its a waking dream, and for that we have energy drinks to thank. Stephen Gills beautiful images, which incorporate energy drinks as an integral part of their processing, capture this strange state of being at once driven and aqueous, simultaneously sweet and oh so bitter. The Best Before End series, memorialises the freewheeling Decline of the West; which, to paraphrase Alfred Jarry, the founding father of pataphysics, is best conceived of as a downhill bicycle race sponsored by a major-brand energy drink, in which all of the pursuit riders have the red head of the Minotaur. For myself, Im way out in front of them and pedalling HARD.". Signed by Author.