JUST BETWEEN US - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Dated (Shortly After Publication), And Placed by Greg Gorman - ONLY SUCH SIGNED, DATED, AND PLACED COPY ONLINE

Language: English

Published by Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2002, 2002

1892041561 / 9781892041562

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1st Printing. Signed. 250 pages. Published in 2002. Landmark collection of male nudes. The photographer's most ambitious and daring collection. The first and only edition. Arena Editions' final title, many of the copies were not actually printed because the publisher was already in the process of being shuttered. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Greg Gorman and James Crump: Oversize-volume format. Green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and small photograph pasted on cover, as issued. Photographs and text by Greg Gorman. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with gilt titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Fahey/Klein Gallery Los Angeles from April 11 to May 18, 2002. Presents Greg Gorman's "Just Between Us". Page after page after page of sexually explicit nude photographs devoted to one model/muse, Greg Knudson. Those who thought this was therefore a "copycat" of Bruce Weber's "Chop Suey Club" (also devoted to one model) know by now that the similarity abruptly ended there. This is imagery that tests and breaches the fine line between erotic art photography and pornography - for it is a fine line indeed and despite what so-called artists say. The point is that Greg Gorman does not need to prove how well - how exquisitely and formally - he can photograph a male nude in a lavish studio production, as evidenced by his now-classic previous collections, notably "As I See It" (2000). Here, he lets go, almost as if disavowing his Classically-inspired studio-work, and posits the apparently still-subversive notion that this one man's sole reason for being is sexual pleasure: Having the physical beauty and natural endowment for it, showing off uninhibitedly, and sharing the "performative" experience with his viewers. The "just-between-us" intimacy between photographer and subject ends with the resulting photographs, and becomes intimacy with us, their voyeur-viewers. An absolute "must-have" title for Greg Gorman collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and placed in black pen-marker on the half-title page by the photographer: "Greg Gorman June SF". The latter refers to San Francisco, where Gorman did his only other public signing aside from LA. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary erotic art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, post-publication dated, and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This was Arena Editions' final title. Many of the copies were not actually printed because the publisher was already in the process of being shuttered. Copies available online have serious flaws (because they were pored over). This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 250 duotone plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GREG GORMAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1892041561.…

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Title
JUST BETWEEN US - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Dated (Shortly After Publication), And Placed by Greg Gorman - ONLY SUCH SIGNED, DATED, AND PLACED COPY ONLINE
Author
Gorman, Greg (Photographer) & Knudson, Greg (Model/Subject)
Publisher
Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2002
Publication year
2002
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Signed
Signed by Author
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1892041561
ISBN 13
9781892041562
Edition
1st Edition.

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Modern Rare is exclusively an online bookstore. Email is usually the best way to reach us: modernrarenow@gmail.com We will respond to your email query within 24 hours. We are exclusively an online bookstore because we believe this is the best way to satisfy our customers' expectations. Unlike an open bookstore, where books are routinely handled and may deteriorate, we guarantee the condition of our books as described. We specialize in modern firsts, photography, the arts, and a little bit of erotica. You will also find a fine selection of signed copies, Limited Editions, and collectible items because our ultimate goal is to deepen the pleasure of collecting books. We carry titles that we ourselves like and believe in - books that we think will excite, enchant, and endure. Please note: Payment needs to be made directly through ABEBooks. If you wish to make any other payment arrangement, please get in touch with us before placing your order. For example, Paypal can only be processed through a direct sale because ABEBooks does NOT accept Paypal payments, NO exceptions. Thank you and happy collecting!…

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