The Photographer's Eye
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. 1st Edition. Quarto, publisher's photo-illustrated stiff paper wraps.
Classic survey by MoMA photography director John Szarkowski, the copy of photographer Marcia Resnick. Featuring 172 black-and-white gravures of photos by Berenice Abbott, Lee Friedlander, Edward Weston, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Frank, Richard Avedon, Roy DeCarava, Henri Lartigue, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others. "Speaking of photography Baudelaire said: 'This industry, by invading the territories of art, has become art's mortal enemy.' And in his own terms of reference Baudelaire was half right; certainly the new medium could not satisfy old standards. The photographer must find new ways to make his meaning clear" (from the introduction). Signed by Marcia Resnick to front endpaper. Born in Brooklyn, Resnick is best known for chronicling the downtown scene of the 1970s and 80s in real time, taking portraits of musicians, artists, filmmakers, and writers such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Belushi, Iggy Pop, Andy Warhol, and Susan Sontag, and for her regular feature in the SoHo Weekly News, "Resnick’s Believe-It-or-Not." Spine reinforced with cellotape. Somewhat heavy rubbing, creasing and edgewear to wraps. A good, much-loved copy of a landmark survey, with excellent provenance. Item #12865
$75.00