Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny : [ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED] Thirteen Carte de Visites
by Bateman, Edward
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 159005265X
- ISBN 13
- 9781590052655
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Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First edition. Small octavo (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). (16)pp. Deep magenta boards lettered in white. Illustrated with 12 reproductions and one original pigment print that is mounted on verso of colophon and signed on the print's verso by Edward Bateman. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (this is #239). A fine, as new copy.
"Presented as a collection of discovered carte de visites, this book documents a forgotten age of mechanical wonders ... Bateman uses this history to question the idea that all photographs are bound to a particular moment in time. Combining 19th century imagery with fabricated automatons, he creates images of the past with an iconography that is usually used to depict the future. They invite a comparison between automatons and cameras; for the first time in human history, objects of our creation were looking back at us. He imagines an era where memory and change marched hand in hand, creating the world we live in today and leaving behind worlds that only exist in images."-- Description from publisher's website
Nazraeli Press "One Picture Book" Series #58.
"Presented as a collection of discovered carte de visites, this book documents a forgotten age of mechanical wonders ... Bateman uses this history to question the idea that all photographs are bound to a particular moment in time. Combining 19th century imagery with fabricated automatons, he creates images of the past with an iconography that is usually used to depict the future. They invite a comparison between automatons and cameras; for the first time in human history, objects of our creation were looking back at us. He imagines an era where memory and change marched hand in hand, creating the world we live in today and leaving behind worlds that only exist in images."-- Description from publisher's website
Nazraeli Press "One Picture Book" Series #58.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51297
- Title
- Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny : [ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED] Thirteen Carte de Visites
- Author
- Bateman, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 159005265X
- ISBN 13
- 9781590052655
- Publisher
- Nazraeli Press
- Place of Publication
- Portland, OR
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Artistic photography, robots, cartes de visites photography, pigment prints, artists' books
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