GATHERING LIGHT

Southhampton, UK: John Hansard Gallery, 2000. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Southhampton, UK: John Hansard Gallery, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. Exhibition Catalog. Now considered a contemporary photography classic. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Richard Ross: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Richard Ross. Essays by Dave Hickey and Eduardo Cadava. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the John Hansard Gallery in Britain in 2000. Presents Richard Ross' "Gathering Light". The photographic medium as "the gathering of light". Ross shows this to moving effect in all of the photographs of museums, temples, ruins, and other places in this collection. Whether showing the beauty of natural light or the kaleidoscopic brilliance of artificial light, the collection continually stuns, moves, and gives deep pleasure. An absolute "must-have" title for Richard Ross collectors. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant British photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0826322689.