Evidence

Sultan, Larry; Mike Mandel; Robert F. Forth

ISBN 10: 0918290015 / ISBN 13: 9780918290014

Published by Self-published, np, 1977

About this Item

SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with crisp gilt title stamped to the front and spine with light rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and to one tip; no dj as issued. This copy is now in a protective clear acetate dustwrapper and custom-made silk-bound slipcase. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The enormously influential and classic 1977 photobook of found institutional photography, drawn from various archives, and presented uncaptioned thus unmoored from their original context. Edited by Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel; afterword by Robert F. Forth. SIGNED BY SULTAN on the title page; no inscription. Unpaginated [72 pages]; 59 full-page duo-toned b&w plates; 10 x 9.25 inches. List of government agencies, educational institutions and corporations that permitted access to their files. Reference: Parr & Badger, Photobook: Vol. 2, p.220-221; Roth, Book of 101 Books, p.240-241; Hasselblad Center, Open Book, p.314-315; 802 Photo Books from the M. + M. Auer Collection, p.607. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evidence
• Publisher: Self-published, np
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0918290015
• ISBN 13: 9780918290014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

In 1977, photographers Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel sifted through thousands of photographs in the files of the Bechtel Corporation, the Beverly Hills Police Department, the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Stanford Research Institute and a hundred other corporations, American government agencies, and educational, medical and technical institutions. They were looking for photographs that were made and used as transparent documents and purely objective instruments – as evidence, in short. Selecting 50 of the best, they printed these images with the care you would expect to find in a high-quality art photography book, publishing them in a simple, limited-edition volume titled Evidence. The concept for the book was clear: select photographs intended to be used as objective evidence and show that it is never that simple. Now an undisputed classic in the photo world, considered a seminal harbinger of conceptual photography, Evidence is nearly impossible to find. This reprint of DAP’s 2004 facsimile edition is being published in recognition of the project’s continued relevance, and will contain a facsimile copy of the original book plus a newly commissioned scholarly essay by Sandra Phillips of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Additionally, this edition will include a new spread of images and a group of black-and-white illustrations selected by the artists from an archive of photographs that were not included in the original book.