Photography / Criticism from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Aperture, 1999. 107 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear/slightly faded at extremities, protected in a mylar cover. "The first compilation of writings by a master of photography. One of the leading lights in photography of the twentieth century, Henri Cartier-Bresson is also a shrewd observer and critic. His writings on photography and… Read more about this item

New York: Lustrum Press, 1980. 175 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly tanned. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Photographs and essays by Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Harry Callahan, Paul Caponigro, Hamish Fulton, William Garnett, Eliot Porter, Art Sinsabaugh, George Tice and Brett Weston. Edited by Carol Di Grappa..… Read more about this item

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2010. 247 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear. "Goldberg demonstrates how to consider not just photographic images, but their impact, & the meaning of that impact. 'Light Matters' showcases the author's insight & understanding of this multifarious & evolving medium" - Publisher. CONTENTS: Ansel Adams; Eleanor Antin; Diane Arbus; Richard Avedon;… Read more about this item

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2009. 288 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Spine slightly cocked/lean. "A collection of thirty-four essays about various photographers and galleries, composed throughout the career of the author" - Publisher. CONTENTS: . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2005. xv, 207 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "In Between the Eyes, David Levi Strauss examines subjects ranging from 'Photography and Propaganda' to the ephemeral imagery of dreams; from Sebastiao Salgado's epic social documents to the profoundly personal photographic revelations of Francesca Woodman. In 'A Ferocious Philosophy,' Walt Whitman, George… Read more about this item

New York and Boston: Museum of Modern Art; New York Graphic Society, 1980. 327 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Aperture, Inc., 1975. 266 pages, illustrations; 24 x 27 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's blind stamp/flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. xvi, 283 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 21 cm. GB 700. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Smart photography criticism. CONTENTS: Latent image; Paul Strand; Jerry Uelsmann; Christmas gift: "Harlem on my mind"; Richard Kirstel: "pas de deux"; James Van DerZee; Roy DeCarava: "thru black eyes"; "Photography into sculpture": sheer anarchy,… Read more about this item

Carmel, CA: Friends of Photography, 1980. 48 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Untitled, 23. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Critics: James Alinder, Robert Baker, Thomas F. Barrow, James D. Burns, David Featherstone, Candida Finkel, Gary Metz, Beaumont Newhall, John L. Ward. Photographers: Eileen Berger, Marsha Burns, Paul Caponigro, Robert Fichter, Roger Mertin, Arthur Ollman, Olivia Parker, Eugene Richards,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010. Cloth, 110 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "From as early as 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to create pictures for the camera. Here, a short introductory essay summarizes the history of staged… Read more about this item

New York: Aperture, 1981. 108 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. "These essays address us in the quiet voice of a working photographer, an artist and craftsman who has thought long and seriously about his endeavor, who has tested and questioned his own assumptions in the light of actual practice. The result is… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005. 256 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps, photographs; 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The Body at Risk: Photography of Disorder, Illness, and Healing is the first book to explore the ways that photojournalists and social documentarians have conceptualized the human subject as a site… Read more about this item

New York: Aperture, 1999. xx, 142 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "A comprehensive account of computer technology's impact on what we see and, ultimately, what we believe about the world." - Publisher.. 2nd. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021. Cloth, ix, 286 pages, illustrations, portraits; 26 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "When Andy Grundberg landed in New York in the early 1970s as a writer, photography was at the margins of the contemporary art world. By 1991, when he… Read more about this item

New York and London: Liveright Publishing Corporation; W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. xvii, 458 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Sam Wagstaff, the legendary curator, collector, and patron of the arts, emerges as a cultural visionary in this groundbreaking biography in… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1989. 376 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled. Corner crease/back cover. Another copy available. CONTENTS: The background and the early reviews; The woman in the photographs; Georgia O'Keeffe, American; A period of adjustment; Matters of fact and matters of opinion; Across the final surface; Conclusion; O'Keeffe and her… Read more about this item

London: I B Tauris Publishers, 2002. xii, 288 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture. The baroque and the classical are her subjects, as are Freud's 'Gravida,' Clerambault's writings and photographs of draped figures, the fetishistic play between veiling and revealing and the meanings… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1998. 215 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Reference" written on the front cover. "A worthy companion to Abbeville's three very successful reference volumes in the series--ArtSpeak, ArtSpoke, and AntiqueSpeak--PhotoSpeak is an informative, user-friendly resource. The complexities of photographic techniques, from catalogue to digital imaging and beyond, are explained in clear, straightforward… Read more about this item

New York: Picador; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. 208 pages; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as 'a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.' It begins with the famous 'In Plato's Cave' essay,… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1989. 376 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small corner crease/back cover. CONTENTS: The background and the early reviews; The woman in the photographs; Georgia O'Keeffe, American; A period of adjustment; Matters of fact and matters of opinion; Across the final surface; Conclusion; O'Keeffe and her work: selected commentary, 1916-1929; Contributors to… Read more about this item