Oblivion (Signed First Edition)

MAISEL, David, William L. Fox and Mark Strand

ISBN 10: 1590051823 / ISBN 13: 9781590051825

Published by Nazraeli Press in association with The Joy of Giving Something, Inc, Portland, OR, 2006

About this Item

First edition. Hardcover. Text by Maisel with an essay by William L. Fox and a poem by Mark Strand. A collection of 15 duotone images of aerial photographs of Los Angeles. A fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Maisel on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 153600

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oblivion (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Nazraeli Press in association with The Joy of Giving Something, Inc, Portland, OR
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590051823
• ISBN 13: 9781590051825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

Photographs and text by David Maisel Essay by William L. Fox 48 pp., 12”x12”, casebound Published by Nazraeli Press, 2006 ISBN 1-59005-182-3 “The term ‘shadowland’ that Maisel uses when discussing the Oblivion photographs is appropriate. When you cast a shadow on a fact, you create doubt. When you shadow someone, you follow them invisibly. Shadowland is what the military calls those blacked-out areas where they wish to operate unseen, whether they are testing an experimental aircraft or interrogating people beyond lawful means. It is a land of spies and spooks, a place where ghosts live, and what Los Angeles looks like in Oblivion. The city is almost recognizable in Maisel’s negative prints and yet not quite, as if we are seeing both more of what we know and less.”