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Books not bombs

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Christopher George

Harrison, [Holland House library damaged during Nazi Blitz, London], October 23, 1940 (2014.44.1) Harrison, [Holland House library damaged during Nazi Blitz, London] [verso], October 23, 1940 (2014.44.1) London Landmark After Bombing London—The Roofless, Fire-gutted Library in Holland House, Lord Ilchester’s … Continue reading →

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Royal Road Test

Posted on December 31, 2009 by bernardyenelouis

It was too directly bound to its own anguish to be anything other than a cry of negation; carrying within itself, the seeds of its own destruction. – Edward Ruscha and Mason Williams, Royal Road Test (self-published, 1967, third edition … Continue reading →

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a shimmer of possibility

Posted on January 15, 2009 by bernardyenelouis

Paul Graham has consistently engaged the book as the ultimate forum for the presentation and circulation of his images, beginning in 1983 with the self-published A1—The Great North Road. His latest, a shimmer of possibility (Göttingen: Steidl, 2007), is made … Continue reading →

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Kim Soo-nam

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Deirdre Donohue

Kim, Soo-Nam, 1947-2006. Gangneung Dano Festival [Kang-Reung-Dan-Oh-Je] / photographs by Kim Soo-nam ; essays by Hwang Ru-shi Seoul : Noonbit, 2007. Kim Soo-nam, a press photographer by profession, dedicated over thirty years of his career to documenting the remaining Shamanistic … Continue reading →

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Life Is Good & Good For You In New York: Trance Witness Revels

Posted on December 5, 2008 by bernardyenelouis

Life is Good and Good For You in New York: Trance Witness Revels (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1956) by William Klein is the first of what would be a series of “city books” by Klein. The ICP Library also holds … Continue reading →

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