Early Work by Engel Morris (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1999. Clean and tightly bound with unmarked contents. Slight erasure on the half title page and minor bump to text block edge, otherwise near fine.

Condition: Very Good. 46 pages, softcover. Interview of Engel by Julia Van Haaften. Includes numerous black and white images. Like the other great photographers who made so-called "street photography" the most important genre of the medium, Morris Engel's snapshots of life on the streets have endured and outlasted all hyped-up, media-culture fads. Morris Engel was a prominent member of The Photo League, and was Navy photographer during the Second World War. Record # 352322.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white with Morris Engel's photographs. interview with Engel by Julia van Haaften. Essay by Paul Strand. 11" high X 8" wide. 46 pages. Chronology. Exhibition history. Filmography. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. …

Softcover, 46 pages, as new condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 46 pages. Features the text of by Julia Van Haaften's interview of Engel. Includes numerous black and white images, chronology, list of awards, list of previous exhibitions, list of publications and public collections, films, selected film screenings, and selected articles. A fine copy in wrappers. A fresh copy.…

Softcover, 46 pages; as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 46 pages. Interview of Engel by Julia Van Haaften. Includes numerous black and white images. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed and inscribed by Engel on the title page in 2000. Uncommon signed. Signed.

First edition SIGNED. Interview with Julia van Haaften. Affectionately inscribed and fully signed by Morris Engel. Fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with classic front cover photograph by Engel. With deep historical text involved as well as the artist's glorious photographs throughout. This copy is signed on the full title page.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 46 pages. Published in 1999. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only retrospective on the photographic art and achievement of Morris Engel published in his lifetime. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Morris Engel: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Essay by Julia Van Haaften. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Morris Engel: Early Work". O' Pioneer: Some of the finest and most representative work of the great artist/filmmaker/photographer, who established an enviable international reputation as a documentary "street photographer" and as a filmmaker, a rare feat indeed. The photographs speak for themselves: They are the work of a humanist, worthy of comparison with the best of his contemporaries. Like the other great photographers who made so-called "street photography" the most important genre of the medium, Morris Engel's snapshots of life on the streets have endured and outlasted all hyped-up, media-culture fads. Morris Engel was a prominent member of The Photo League, and was Navy photographer during the Second World War, assigned to Combat Photo Unit 8 under Captain Edward Steichen. He was embraced by the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague (the French New Wave) as their "forefather" on the basis of his gem of a film, "Little Fugitive", which Francois Truffaut in particular hailed as a masterpiece. An absolute "must-have" title for Morris Engel collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Morris Engel. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online command as much as $450 because the Catalog is rare. Engel signed very few copies for colleagues and friends only. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 42 duotone plates. One of the greatest artist/filmmaker/photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO RUTH ORKIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Signed by Author. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 46 pages. Published in 1999. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only retrospective on the photographic art and achievement of Morris Engel published in his lifetime. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Morris Engel: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Essay by Julia Van Haaften. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Morris Engel: Early Work". O' Pioneer: Some of the finest and most representative work of the great artist/filmmaker/photographer, who established an enviable international reputation as a documentary "street photographer" and as a filmmaker, a rare feat indeed. The photographs speak for themselves: They are the work of a humanist, worthy of comparison with the best of his contemporaries. Like the other great photographers who made so-called "street photography" the most important genre of the medium, Morris Engel's snapshots of life on the streets have endured and outlasted all hyped-up, media-culture fads. Morris Engel was a prominent member of The Photo League, and was Navy photographer during the Second World War, assigned to Combat Photo Unit 8 under Captain Edward Steichen. He was embraced by the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague (the French New Wave) as their "forefather" on the basis of his gem of a film, "Little Fugitive", which Francois Truffaut in particular hailed as a masterpiece. An absolute "must-have" title for Morris Engel collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in black ink-pen on the title page by the artist/photographer: "2/9/2000, For Paul, with admiration, Morris Engel". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, Paul Berlanga, who is named, is an important Chicago-based painter and photography expert who was personally close, not just known, to Engel. This title is a classic. This is the best such signed, dated, and inscribed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online command as much as $450 because the Catalog is now rare. Engel signed very few copies for colleagues and friends only. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 42 duotone plates. One of the greatest artist/filmmaker/photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO RUTH ORKIN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Signed by Author. …

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Thin quarto. 46pp. Fine. Warmly Inscribed by Engel to his cousin, the poet and playwright Rochelle Owens, as well as Inscribed separately to her husband, the poet George Economou. Additionally, Owens has Inscribed the book noting that Engel was her cousin. Laid in is a program for Engel's Memorial Service at the Museum of Modern Art. Engel was an influential American photographer, cinematographer, and filmmaker best known for directing the 1953 film *The Little Fugitive* in collaboration with his wife, the photographer Ruth Orkin. Signed.…