Höganäs: Johansson & Jansson, 2007. Cloth covered hardcover with photograph pasted on front- and rear cover. [64 pp.], 24,5 x 17,5 cm. Fine copy
Black & white photographs taken between 2004 and 2007. Published in conjunction with “On the Outskirts of its Existence” at the Hasselblad Center, 21 April to 3 June, 2007
First edition. Limited edition of 400 copies
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New York: Congreve, 1978. Small4to. Publisher’s black cloth with well preserved dustjacket. 152 pp. Illustrated with photographs in black-and-white and colour. Text in English. Very good copy Early photo book by Helmut Newton (his sesond) and one his most well executed : A porno chic album. Included in ‘Book of…
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“Berlin, Dublin, Lisbon, Rome, but also Amager, Aalborg and Aarhus.
The text reminiscences from the different cities tell about the development in the world and its cityscapes, where everything is always temporary and changing. They also testify to gentrification, for example in the inner city of Rome. The flagship stores of modern capitalism’s corporate stores have taken over retail space that used to offer ordinary necessities of life instead of Prada and Gucci. But in some places, the facades of the former shops remain as traces of a bygone everyday life.
With the right gaze or the right amount of light, these text images appear as suddenly appearing shadows against the background. The texts give the passer-by unfulfilled promises of charcuterie, flowers, bread, groceries, tobacco, etc. As faint markings on doors and windows on facades, where in the near or distant past there was a shop and welcomed customers.
The book’s sober black-and-white images point to the prevalence of the ‘dead’ semi-resolved texts in urban spaces – and the fairly uniform appearance that characterizes them regardless of geographical location. At the same time, the entropic decay can perhaps be compared to the texts left to us by now-disappeared cultures; The inscriptions of the Roman Empire, which are still found around the cityscape of Rome, or the Nordic rune stones and rock carvings”
Very scarce, eccentric photo illustrated work on public toilets and sexual graffiti. ‘Retirade Kunst’ was included in ‘802 photobooks of the M. Auer Collection’ (Auer, page 485). First (and only) edition – attractive copy
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Forlaget Vindrose og Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 2006. 4to. 279 pp. Illustreret. Hft. Første udgave, 2. oplag. Pænt eksemplar
