Photobooks

  • # 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 …

  • # 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 …

  • # 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. …

  • # 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 …

  • # 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 …

  • # 45582

    COOK, Michael (1968 - )

    Michael Cook : Uninhabited

    Brisbane : Andrew Baker Art Dealer, 2011. Square quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. [36], illustrated. 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 desire to learn …

  • # 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 …

  • # 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.

  • # 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 …

  • # 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 …

  • # 44343

    HENSON, Bill

    Bill Henson Photographs 1974 – 1984 (signed copy)

    Introduction by David Malouf. Sydney: Pan Books, 1988. Folio, boards in dustjacket (lightly rubbed), numerous folding photographic plates, previous owner’s name to pastedown. A fine copy, signed by the artist on the front free endpaper. Fine Henson photography from the 70s and 80s.

  • # 44353

    YANG, William et al.

    William Yang : Seeing and Being Seen (deluxe edition with signed archival print)

    Brisbane : Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), 2021. Quarto, gilt-lettered pictorial boards, pp. 220, extensively illustrated. New copy. The rare deluxe edition, limited to only 50 copies signed by the artist. Mounted inside the upper board is a mylar sleeve housing a limited edition archival inkjet print Golden Summer 1987 / 2016 …

  • # 44467

    HENSON, Bill.

    Mnemosyne

    Zurich : Scalo, 2005. Quarto, cloth in dustjacket, 501 pp. A massive and extensively illustrated monograph on the famously controversial Melbourne photographer, published in conjunction with the artist’s major survey exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A fine copy, with related Bill Henson ephemera enclosed.  

  • # 44253

    PARR, Martin and BADGER, Gerry

    The photobook : a history. Volume 1

    London : Phaidon, 2004. Quarto, boards in dustjacket (light wave), pp. 320, extensively illustrated. A very good copy. ‘While the history of photography is a well-established canon, much less critical attention has been directed at the phenomenon of the photobook, which for many photographers is perhaps the most significant vehicle for the display of their …

  • # 44128

    BOULTER, Jason

    Unemployable. 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street (signed presentation copy)

    Melbourne : Thames and Hudson, 2016. Thick quarto, letters cloth with pictorial inlay, [xv]; 693, extensively illustrated, a fine copy. This copy with a personal signed inscription from the author to arts publisher Jenny Zimmer, dated 2.11.2016.  ‘Unemployable traces the origins of the Hill brothers’ passion for skateboarding to the founding of their initial company …

  • # 44423

    JONES, Shar

    J. W. Lindt : master photographer

    Melbourne : Currey O’Neil Ross Pty Ltd on behalf of the Library Council of Victoria, 1985. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, light edge wear, pp. 128, previous owner’s label to endpaper, a very good copy.