Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Bob - The 55s have one huge advantage over the Photo Poches that I've found - I can read the text!:-) B. D. Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > that's all the information I have at the moment I'm afraid. He's > giving a lecture in London at the end of November, so my assumption is > that that coincides with republication. I would also assume that the > book will be republished in the US for sure and the UK. Perhaps > Vietnam too, but this is guesswork. > > Ah, I've just found it on amazon: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0714841528/qid%3D996422343/202-7024366-8930220 > > The 55s are very good, similar in concept to the French Photo Poche series > which is also published in the UK by Thames & Hudson. > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:bob@web-options.com > > Sunday, July 29, 2001, 3:40:48 PM, you wrote: > > > Great! Published by whom? When? In what country? For how much? > > > And while we're on the subject of books....Please forgive me if this was > > discussed during my hiatus...but is everyone aware of the new Phaidon 55 > > series? Really terrific....$7.95 U.S. each for a series of small...like > > 5x6 maybe, stitch bound paperback books each of which highlights the > > work of a single photographer...intro text, and commentary on each > > photo, written by photo teachers/critics/curators....series includes > > Mary Ellen Mark, Eugene Smith, ?? Goldblat, Dorothea Lange, Aget, Mathew > > Brady, Nan Goldin, Eugene Richards, and many many others....a terrific > > intro to the work of these photographers....Their described as the > > visual literacy equivalent to the Viking pocket books series...and may > > well be.... > > > Bob Walkden wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Admirers of Phillip Jones Griffiths will be pleased to learn that his > >> legendary and almost mythical book 'Vietnam, Inc' is to be republished > >> for the 1st time later this year. First published in 1971 and an > >> instant sell-out this book was a huge condemnation of the US > >> involvement in Vietnam. It's influence has been felt down the years in > >> many ways, and large chunks of the text and imagery were used, > >> apparently without acknowledgment, in the film 'Apocalypse Now!'. > >> > >> Individual images from the book are now part of our shared > >> consciousness, and those of you who may not be familiar with Phillip > >> Jones Griffiths may be surprised at how much of his work you > >> recognise. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Bob