Complements: Eloquence of Small Objects - 1st Edition
Language: English
Published by Goff Books, an imprint of ORO Editions, Novato, California, 2021
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Archives, Manassas, VA, U.S.A.The Archives
AbeBooks seller since December 10, 2024
Association member: ESA
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 23.11
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An imaginative and beautifully produced fine-art photography book exploring the emotional, symbolic, and narrative possibilities of ordinary objects. Photographer and multidisciplinary artist Patricia Z. Smith assembles unexpected combinations of flowers, antique objects, natural specimens, clothing, toys, religious figures, writing instruments, and reproductions of classical paintings into striking photographic compositions. Through playful juxtapositions, carefully controlled color, and accompanying poetic observations, Smith invites readers to discover hidden relationships among familiar things and consider how objects evoke memory, desire, humor, identity, and imagination. The generously illustrated volume features full-color photographs presented with spacious margins and thoughtfully integrated text. The book opens with a foreword by David Hume Kennerly, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and former Chief White House Photographer, who considers Smith's distinctive approach to visual storytelling. Designed by Louise Brody, the volume features an elegant cloth binding, gilt-stamped typography, and a centrally mounted photographic image of a plumb bob. The copyright page explicitly identifies the First Edition, and the complete number line, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, establishes this copy as the First Printing (2021). Color separations and printing were undertaken by ORO Group Ltd. Condition: Near Fine. An exceptionally attractive copy with clean, well-preserved slate-blue cloth boards, bright gilt lettering, and a crisp mounted cover photograph. The binding is sound and firm, with no loose pages or structural issues. Interior pages are exceptionally clean, with no writing, underlining, annotations, rips, or tears. Only negligible evidence of handling is apparent. No dust jacket, as issued; the publisher's original decorative cloth binding constitutes the finished exterior presentation. Smith's biographical statement in the book describes a notably varied creative and humanitarian career. After moving from Iowa to Washington, D.C., at age 21, she photographed poverty and social programs for the federal Office of Economic Opportunity and subsequently taught photography through the Smithsonian Adult Education Program. She also worked as a playwright and vintage-quilt dealer, with her collection of rare pre-1850 quilts exhibited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 2002, Smith founded Peace X Peace, an organization connecting women internationally. Her work has also included documentary filmmaking and photography focused on women in conflict-affected communities. Complements represents a more personal exploration of her longstanding interest in visual storytelling and the expressive possibilities of objects.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Complements: Eloquence of Small Objects - 1st Edition
- Author
- Patricia Z. Smith
- Publisher
- Goff Books, an imprint of ORO Editions, Novato, California
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Book design by Louise Brody
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Art, Non-Fiction
The Archives
Manassas, VA, U.S.A.
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