humble arts foundation | martin hyers & william mebane limited edition portfolio
Humble Arts has a limited edition portfolio from Martin Hyers and William Mebane titled Empire.
Publishers Description:
From 2004 – 2007 Martin Hyers and William Mebane made a series of road trips through the American South and West to create an archive of American objects. The project, titled Empire, yielded more than 9000 4 x 5 in. photographs from twenty-one states that is now available as a portfolio of 100 photographs. These images represent meaningful objects in American culture.
Due to the volume of photographs included in the portfolio, collectors are encouraged to play with the many installation possibilities, such as treating the box set as a photo album, flipping through it at whim, creating various mini-exhibitions, or sending individual photographs to friends. Instructions on how to install the complete portfolio in grid formation are available for collectors who wish to maintain the vision of Hyers and Mebane.
The 5 x 6 ¼ in. portfolio consists of 100 inkjet prints printed on archival fiber-based paper. Included are installation instructions, a handmade embossed box, and a signed certificate indicating the edition number. All prints are stamped on verso.
There are 100 portfolios and two artist proofs in the edition.
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• 28 October 2010
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My Grandma Was a Turtle.
Photographs by Cuny Janssen.
Snoeck, 2010. 84 pp., 85 color illustrations, 9½x12¾”.
Publisher’s Description
For this rhapsodic artist’s book, Dutch photographer Cuny Janssen visited that town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to photograph children with Native American ancestors and their surroundings. Her motivation was curiosity about what traces of their origins could be seen in these modern Native American children; the title refers to the Turtle clan of the Delaware tribe in Oklahoma. The 85 elegiac photos in this book, some in beautifully reproduced color, were taken with Janssen’s large format camera, and include surprisingly anachronistic images of the prairie, complete with bison. Janssen’s unique combination of children and history results in a lyrical bridge across time. The hand-pasted reproductions make this book feel like early photograph albums or collector’s albums for cigarette cards. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
(via photo-eye Bookstore | Janssen Cuny: My Grandma Was a Turtle | photobooks)
• 16 October 2010
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My grandma was a turtle |
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Strip Search.
Photographs by Albert Watson.
PQ Blackwell, 2010. 388 pp., 277 color and black & white illustrations in 2 volumes, 14x11”.
Publisher’s Description:
One of the most influential photographers of all time, Albert Watson is acclaimed for graphic sculptural images of people, places, and objects. His has been a career of unparalleled productivity, ranging from fashion to iconic portraits to reportage.
Five years in the making, STRIP SEARCH is Watson’s spectacular personal portrait of Las Vegas as seen through the lens of a legendary photographic artist. Over 270 remarkable landscapes, still lifes and portraits, together with dramatic reportage-style images, create a unique and visually stunning portrayal of one of the world’s most enigmatic cities.
This limited edition is clothbound and debossed, housed in a fabric and PLC slipcase printed with an image from the collection.
(via photo-eye Bookstore | Albert Watson: Strip Search | photobooks)
• 2 October 2010
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PQ Blackwell |
Strip Search |
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