50 Photographs

Lange, Jessica; introduction by Patti Smith

ISBN 10: 1576874532 / ISBN 13: 9781576874530

Published by N.Y.: powerHouse Books, 2008

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1st printing of oversize hardcover. Binding tight; pages clean. Unclipped DJ is unfaded with a touch of edgewear and a couple of closed tears to bottom of back panel; looks nice in Brodart cover. Autographed by Lange in silver Sharpie on the first photo page at a New York event (see pix). She also signed on the title page, but the silver refused to show up clearly on the black paper; go figure. A lovely collection of photographs, startlingly uncommon signed. 11x14". 108 pages. 3.4 pounds. Seller Inventory # 6931

Bibliographic Details

Title: 50 Photographs

Publisher: N.Y.: powerHouse Books

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

“I find photography a most mysterious process—capturing that moment in time and space, elusive and fleeting, and crystallizing it. You have made a photograph. It is its own thing now. To me, that is thrilling.”
—Jessica Lange

Actress Jessica Lange’s career spans more than 30 years and 30 films; the winner of two Academy awards, the one-time waitress is one of the most acclaimed performers of both the screen and the stage, as well as one of the most recognizable faces.50 Photographs, however, finds Lange on the other side of the camera.

Originally drawn to the medium simply as a way to document the lives and growth of her children, Lange has now been photographing on and off for 15 years, approaching the art as an antidote to the constant fervor of Hollywood. “It is a way of working,” she says of her process, “that is the opposite of acting. Photography doesn’t depend on collaboration; it can be solitary and private.” A 2007 feature inAperture, introduced by Mary Ellen Mark, gave the world its first taste of Lange’s visual work; now,50 Photographs gathers her impressive portfolio, featuring images from Mexico, Africa, Romania, Russia, Finland, Italy, and France as well as the U.S., into her first-ever photography monograph. Alternately comforting and disquieting, Lange’s striking black-and-whites possess a kind of moody mystery that is appropriately cinematic.

About the Author:

Jessica Lange is a veteran actress. Born in Minnesota, she studied mime with Étienne Decroux in Paris before moving to New York, where she worked as a waitress at the Lion’s Head bar in the West Village. Since landing the female lead in the 1976 remake of King Kong, she has had a rich film career that includes Bob Rafelson’sThe Postman Always Rings Twice, Sydney Pollack’ Tootsie, Graeme Clifford’sFrances, Tony Richardson’s Blue Sky, and Julie Taymor’s Titus, among many others. She has also earned acclaim for her stage work, including Broadway and West End productions ofA Streetcar Named Desire, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and The Glass Menagerie. She will star opposite Drew Barrymore in 2008’sGrey Gardens.

Patti Smith, widely held to be punk rock’s poet laureate, released the influential debut albumHorses on Arista Records in 1975, beginning an iconic career as a musician, poet, visual artist, and activist. This spring, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris hosted a major solo art exhibition of her visual work, drawn from pieces created between 1967 and 2007.