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Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First edition. Small octavo (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). (16)pp. Deep magenta boards lettered in white. Illustrated with 12 reproductions and one original pigment print that is mounted on verso of colophon and signed on the print's verso by Edward Bateman. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A fine, as new copy. "Presented as a collection of discovered carte de visites, this book documents a forgotten age of mechanical wonders ... Bateman uses this history to question the idea that all photographs are bound to a particular moment in time. Combining 19th century imagery with fabricated automatons, he creates images of the past with an iconography that is usually used to depict the future. They invite a comparison between automatons and cameras; for the first time in human history, objects of our creation were looking back at us. He imagines an era where memory and change marched hand in hand, creating the world we live in today and leaving behind worlds that only exist…
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Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny : [ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED] Thirteen Carte de Visites
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Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny : [ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED] Thirteen Carte de Visites
by Bateman, Edward
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Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First edition. Small octavo (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). (16)pp. Deep magenta boards lettered in white. Illustrated with 12 reproductions and one original pigment print that is mounted on verso of colophon and signed on the print's verso by Edward Bateman. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (this is #239). A fine, as new copy. "Presented as a collection of discovered carte de visites, this book documents a forgotten age of mechanical wonders ... Bateman uses this history to question the idea that all photographs are bound to a particular moment in time. Combining 19th century imagery with fabricated automatons, he creates images of the past with an iconography that is usually used to depict the future. They invite a comparison between automatons and cameras; for the first time in human history, objects of our creation were looking back at us. He imagines an era where memory and change marched hand in hand, creating the world we live in today and leaving behind worlds…
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