Harlem; | The Artist’s Annotations on a City Revisited in Two Classic Photographic Essays | Introduction & Interview by Michael Torosian.
[Toronto]: Lumiere Press, 1997. Octavo, 23.6 x 16 cm. Cased in quarter natural linen and grey-beige Canson paper over boards. Printed paper label to the spine and Gordon Parks’ monogram device printed in dark grey to the lower outer corner of the upper cover. pp. [9] 10-49, [7]. A fine copy. The text was set in Linotype Bodoni Book with Metro and Futura Black used for display. Printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. The tipped-in frontispiece photograph was printed by gelatin-silver process from a copy negative. Also tipped-in are two duotones made from copy negatives. A duotone spread reproduced from Life Magazine is sewn-in. The prints are all varnished. From a total edition of 200 copies, the present copy being number 89. A further 41 copies, comprising lettered and roman numeral states, were retained by the printer. Inscribed by Torosian in ink on the verso of the first blank. Item #271
“Gordon Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1912. At the age of sixteen he migrated north into a precarious life that would find him working at a string of jobs such as bus boy, lumberjack, piano player, dining car waiter and basketball player, until he discovered photography in 1937.
His documentary talents, forged at the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information, were most fully realized in his work for Life Magazine, where for more than twenty years he contributed as both writer and photographer.
The eclecticism and breadth of Park’s imagination and talents have revealed themselves in his work as the author of novels, non-fiction books, poetry and screenplays, as the director of feature films, and as the composer of an array of musical works, including the ballet Martin.
His autobiographical novel, The Learning Tree, which has been in print continuously since its publication in 1968, has been translated into numerous languages. The universal response to his work, a testament to his humanity, is exemplified in the more than fifty honorary doctorates he has received, and the numerous awards, including the National Medal of Art, presented by the President of the United States in 1988.” — Michael Torosian.
Price: $625.00