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Title: American Pictures by Jeff Dunas ISBN: 1-931788-23-5 Publisher: Aperture Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Shot before it vanishes.
Comment: A beautiful book of nostalgic Americana from Jeff Dunas. With the 112 photos taken over several trips around America Dunas has captured a past he remembered and wanted to record permanently before it vanished.
What I liked about the book was the careful arrangement of the photos, for instance from photo fifty-eight you'll see a fifties car, 59, a smiling couple sitting on their porch, 60, a man outside a building, 61, part of an auto junkyard, 62, a terrific shot of the Hotel Carlos in Yuma, Arizona. This mixture of people, buildings, signs, autos and almost abstract parts of buildings makes for a really excellent flow of images as you turn over the pages.
For me the best photos are of buildings, they are presented in a very formal way, either front on or a perspective of two sides with the background providing a natural frame. No need for fancy gimmicks because the image content is strong enough to create interest and meaning. In fact nearly all the photos show Dunas has a natural framing instinct for great compositions, which make them seem so right.
I think it is worth commenting on the books production. It is of coffee-table proportions, with excellent design and typography and printed on quality paper which all helps to make the Dunas view of America all the more vibrant and fascinating.
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Title: Mexico : The Revolution and Beyond by Agustin Victor Casasola, Pete Hamill ISBN: 1931788227 Publisher: Aperture Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: America 24/7 by Rick Smolan, David Elliot Cohen ISBN: 0789499754 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 27 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: At the Edge of the Light: Thoughts on Photography and Photographers, on Talent and Genius by David Travis ISBN: 1567922112 Publisher: David R Godine Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Migrations : Humanity in Transition by Sebastiao Salgado ISBN: 0893818917 Publisher: Aperture Pub. Date: 05 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
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Title: American Music : Photographs by ANNIE LEIBOVITZ ISBN: 0375505075 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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