Photobooks
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# 46023
HENSON, Bill (1955 -)
Principio erat (Artist’s edition B)
Paris : Editions Bessard, 2019. Folio, pictorial laminated boards, pp. [70], several double fold-out pages, printed on high quality matt photographic paper. As new. Principio erat is published in a standard and deluxe edition – described as the ‘Artist’s edition’ by the publisher. The standard edition is published in two variations, each limited to 500 …
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# 46490
GATEWOOD, Charles and William S. Burroughs
Sidetripping
New York : Strawberry Hill Publishing Co., 1975. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, small crease to edge of wrappers, pp. [80], photographically illustrated, text excerpted from various works by Burroughs. Scarce photobook of American subculture, including queer groups, religious groups, fetishists and exhibitionists.
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# 46296
DAVIES, Alan; STANBURY, Peter
The mechanical eye in Australia: photography, 1841-1900.
Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985. First printing. Quarto (290 x 220 mm), publisher’s black cloth in dust jacket (scattered foxing to inside of jacket); illustrated endpapers, 270 pp, profusely illustrated; contents clean throughout; a very good copy of the most useful reference work on Australian colonial photography yet published, now very scarce.
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# 46284
HENSON, Bill (1955 -)
Bill Henson Photographs 1974 – 1984
With contributions by David Malouf, Peter Schjeldahl. Melbourne : Deutscher Fine Art, 1989. Quarto, pictorial wrappers (slight handling marks), 103 pp., previous owner’s name to half-title, a good copy. Catalogue of an exhibition held Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne 14 June – 7 July 1989. Scarce.
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# 45684
HENSON, Bill (1955 -)
Bill Henson
Salamanca : Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2003. First edition. Oblong folio, illustrated wrappers, light handling marks, pp. 92, illustrated. Scarce Spanish book on Henson’s photography. “Este libro ha sido publicado con motivo de la exposición de Bill Henson organizada por el Centro de Fotografía de la Universidad de Salamanca en colaboración con la galería roslyn …
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# 45848
GRAHAM-STEWART, Michael; McWHANNELL, Francis; DICKSON, Jonathan
Bitter fruit : Australian photographs to 1963
Melbourne : Michael Graham-Stewart, 2017. Quarto (285 x 230 mm), cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket, 280 pp, illustrated in colour throughout with hundreds of photographs documenting the collision of Indigenous Australian and European cultures; the photographs, ranging in date from the 1850s to the 1960s and taken in every region of Australia, represent some …
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# 45971
HENSON, Bill
Principio erat (standard edition B)
Paris : Editions Bessard, 2019. Folio, pictorial laminated boards, pp. [70], several double fold-out pages, printed on high quality matt photographic paper. As new copy. Principio erat is published in a standard and deluxe edition – described as the ‘Artist’s edition’ by the publisher. The standard edition is published in two variations, each limited to …
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# 46006
FLORENCE, Yanni
Southland / Yanni Florence
Melbourne : M.33, 2013. Quarto, pictorial cloth, pp. [28], illustrated. Limited to 50 copies signed and numbered by the artist. “These photographs were taken by Yanni Florence not on assignment but as an aside and as a participant in the weekly shopping trip to the SOUTHLAND shopping centre. A brightly lit and colourful place seen …
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# 46005
FLORENCE, Yanni
Immolation / Yanni Florence.
Melbourne : M.33, 2015. Quarto, decorated cloth, pp. [28], illustrated. Limited to 25 copies signed and numbered by the artist. ” ‘Immolation’ is a book of photographs by Yanni Florence of people on fire. Not in flames running down the street screaming but quietly burning. There is smoke coming from a man seen from behind …
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# 45790
LEVY, William
The virgin sperm dancer
An ecstatic journey, of a boy transformed into a girl for one day only, of her erotic adventures in Amsterdam, magic centrum. Written by William Levy; designed by Anthon Beeke; photographed by Ginger Gordon. The Hague: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1972. First edition. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 72, photographic illustrations, light edge wear, a fine copy. …
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# 45580
COOK, Michael (1968 - )
Michael Cook : Majority rule
Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2014. Square quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [16], illustrated. Essay by Louise Martin-Chew. An excellent copy. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent …
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# 45583
COOK, Michael (1968 - )
Michael Cook : Through my eyes
Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2010. Square quarto, folded card, pp. [4], illustrated; an excellent copy. ‘Michael Cook is a photographer who worked commercially both in Australia and overseas for twenty-five years. In 2009, Cook was drawn into art photography by an increasingly urgent desire to learn about his Aboriginal ancestry and identity. As …
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# 45612
PAPAPETROU, Polixeni
Polixeni Papapetrou : A performative paradox
Fitzroy, Vic. : Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2013. Octavo (210 x 150 mm), pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp. 24, illustrated in colour and b/w; essays by Naomi Cass and Anne Marsh, interview with the artist, bio; an excellent copy, with price list loosely enclosed. Catalogue for an exhibition of Papapetrou’s work at the CCP, 24 May …
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# 45614
FRASER, Virginia et al.
Sue Ford : a survey 1960-1995
Melbourne : Monash University Gallery, 1995. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 28, illustrated in colour and b/w. Text by Helen Ennis, Sue Ford, Virginia Fraser; a very good copy.
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# 44853
MADDISON, Ruth
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times (deluxe edition)
Melbourne : Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2021. Octavo, illustrated gatefold wrappers, unpaginated, approx. 200 pp., illustrated. The deluxe edition, limited to 50 numbered copies with wraparound band, containing an original photograph signed by Ruth Maddison. A fine copy, as new. Scarce. ‘Spanning close to 200 pages, this landmark publication sits alongside Maddison’s exhibition as a …
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# 44790
LETI, Bruno
Bruno Leti. Photographs : the lotus cycle.
Melbourne : the artist, 2009. Folding clamshell box, lettered in silver with pictorial only, containing a sheet of text, 13 lambda photographic prints, and colophon sheet. ‘These 13 lambda printed photographs were taken by Bruno Leti at West Lake, Huanghzou, China, during the late autumn of 2008. An edition of six boxed sets were printed …