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Steidl/ICP. Used - Very Good. 2008. illustrated edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. Quarto. 271 pp. Profusely illustrated. Very Good. (Subject: Photography).

Steidl, 2008-09-01. hardcover. Used: Good.

GR: Steidl, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 272 pages. One of the most intriguing and little studied forms of nineteenth-century photography is the tintype. Introduced in 1856 as a low-cost alternative to the daguerreotype and the albumen print, the tintype was widely marketed from the 1860s through the first decades of the twentieth century as the most popular photographic medium. The picture-making preference of the people, it was almost never used for celebrity portraiture: It was affordable, portable, unique and available almost everywhere. Because of its ubiquity, the tintype provides a startlingly candid record of the political upheavals that rocked the four decades following the American Civil War-and the personal anxieties they induced. As this book's author, Steven Kasher, argues, the tintype studio became a kind of performance space in which sitters could act out their personal identities. Sitters brought to the tintype studio not just their family and friends but… Read More

Gottingen, Germany: ICP/Steidl, 2008. HEAVY. 267pp, bibliography, notes, num bw ills. Or pictorial boards. Minor bump to top corners, minor indent to front cover. Published in cooperation with an exhibition held in New York at the International Center of Photography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Steidl, 2008-09-01. hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: STEIDL, 2008. Book. Illus. by Various Contributors. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1st.Edition, 1st.Printing 2008 , Cloth hardcover in the dust jacket, 267 page book with more the 200 black & white photo illustrations. Condition : NEW and in the publishers shrink wrap Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Steidl/ICP. New. 2008. Hardcover. 3865216862 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Text in English. 272 pp. With 224 ills. (83 col. ). 26 x 21 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .