Re: CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER RE: Truth Beauty book
I convinced the clerk at the GEH bookstore to sell me the copy she had behind the counter last weekend. They are all out as well. Ike > What the HECK? It is even $500 on abebook.com and it says it is > "extremely > scarce"! Obviously it is a first run catalog for the show and a small run > at that. I had seen the first copy at B and N. I think I'll have to > check > back and see if there are any on the shelves now and make a quick $440! > Chris > __________________ > > Christina Z. Anderson > http://christinaZanderson.com/ > __________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@caribsurf.com> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 12:01 PM > Subject: CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER RE: Truth Beauty book > > >> DEAR CHRISTINA & JUDY, >> This is getting weird! I had the Truth Beauty book in my Barnes and >> Noble shopping cart for something around $60. I just went to order it >> and >> it is gone. When I enter all Chris's info below into B&N search they >> say >> "nothing found"! When I search for it on Amazon they want $539 for >> it!?!?! >> I had to enter Alison Nordstrom and found it as the last of 18 books >> but listed as out of stock. Amazon has it for $539!?!?!? >> I will search Borders. Any other suggestions where I might find it >> at a reasonable price? >> Judy, did you ever get over to B&N to see it? >> CHEERS! >> BOB >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@montana.net] >> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:54 AM >> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca >> Subject: Re: Truth Beauty book >> >> Weird, I am not getting my messages back but they must be going to the >> list >> because you replied, Judy. >> >> Truth Beauty, Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945, 2008; >> Alison Nordstrom, Curator, Thomas Padon, Editor, Vancouver Art Gallery, >> Vancouver. Douglas and McIntyre,ISBN 13:978-1-55365-294-6. >> >>>Tho it soounds like you're familiar with these "originals" -- or their >>>equivalents? >> Mostly from books. Only some that I have seen at galleries and museums >> but >> not a ton of the ones in this book in person. >> http://christinaanderson.visualserver.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=2448 >> Tell me about print being different: above is a URL of an original gum >> side >> >> by side with its appearance in a book, a marked difference. >> So, like Cigar Boy, certainly the exhibition guide could look nothing >> like >> the actual print. >> >>>>Do they make you want to print darker? >> >> Yes, the darkness of the prints in this book make me want to explore >> printing darker. I think there is much room for this kind of dark >> beauty >> in >> >> this day and age. >> >> But what surprises me about the book is that many of the images are >> still >> quite powerful, and contemporary. >> Chris >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature >> database 3994 (20090407) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> > >
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