Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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