Susan Weiley (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 61 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 26 cm. Photographers at Work Series. Published in association with Constance Sullivan Editions. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First edition. Size: 4to. Collectible.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 4to, paperback. Vg condition. Covers, contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Stapled binding tight and secure. 56 pp., illus. Art, History, Modern, Photography,

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. [very slight bumping to a couple of corners, minor sticker residue on rear cover, otherwise a nice clean book]. (Photographers at Work) Series Trade PB (color and B&W photographs) An interview with the photographer about her philosophies and working methods, prefacing several small groups of associated photos (usually 3-5 in a group) and a brief 2-page biography. The book contains 30 photographs, mostly in color. "I want to be a voice for the unfamous people," says Mark. "Whether it's a guy in Miami Beach who goes to a dance or it's someone who's dying in Ethiopia, they're the unfamous people that I care about. I feel a certain purity in them that's real, and I want to document their lives.".

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Features Peter Galassi writing on Mark Klett, Carol Squiers writing on Lucas Samaras, and Gloria Emerson on Eugene Richards. Also includes an article by John Hollander with photographs by Thomas Nemcik, Rogert Tory Peters with images by John Shaw, and Estelle Jussim with images by Sheila Metzner. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers.

Softcover. Condition: new sealed.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. [nice clean book, very slight bumping/creasing at bottom right corner of front cover, no other discernible wear]. (Photographers at Work) Series Trade PB (color photographs) This entry in the Smithsonian's excellent "Photographers at Work" series contains an interview with the photographer, a 2-page biographical essay, a half-page of technical information, and 29 photographs. Meyerowitz: "I think the reasons for going to a place are as normal as those for doing anything else. The way you respond when you're there is more specific. . . . You are aligned with the inner coordinates of your being, and you suddenly feel in the right place. It may be the slant of the light, it may be even a small, something not visible; you may feel yourself rooted to the spot where suddenly there's a smell of salt water mixed with roses, and it's got your number.".

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. [very nice, as-new copy]. (Photographers at Work) Series Trade PB (color photographs) An interview with the highly-regarded commercial photographer about his business and working methods, with a presentation of 30 of his photos and a brief 2-page biography. Quoth the photographer: "How you structure an assignment so it does what the client wants, satisfies you, and solves his problem at the same time becomes almost conceptual and political, instead of photographic.".

VG copy. no dj. softcover. a clean and bright copy no inscriptions.

Paper wrappers. First edition. 343 pp. Illus. with hundreds of color & b/w photos. Sm. 4to. Published at the time of exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (Feb. to May, 1989) and still one of the most important books on the history of photography. Part of the Springs of Achievement series on the art of photography. Creasing to spine else a near fine bright copy.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 60 pp. Oblong. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illustrated stiff paper wraps. Minor shelf wear. B&W plates throughout: China, Burma, Nepal, Japan; interview, short biography.ISBN 10: 1560983310 / ISBN 13: 9781560983316.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. [nice clean book, as-new with no discernible wear]. (Photographers at Work) Series Trade PB (color photographs) This entry in the Smithsonian's excellent "Photographers at Work" series contains an interview with the photographer, a one-page biographical essay, a half-page of technical information, and 24 photographs. Barney: "I'm documenting something that's important historically, that has never been done efore, in photography at least, from the inside -- a way of life that I don't think might ever happen again in America, because our priorities, or the ways people choose to spend their time, have changed so much. The time that it takes to live with quality -- in a style of life that has quality -- is disappearing.".

Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington 1990. Small square 4to. 62 pages. Paperback. Very Good+. * Signed by the photographer.