With 10 exquisite Washburn photogravures printed by Jon Goodman
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Author: Washburn, Bradford
Title: Photographing in High Places: Mount McKinley and Mount Saint Elias
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Publisher:Heron Press
Date Published: 2006
Description:
Title leaf, 3 text leaves and 10 photogravures by Bradford Washburn printed by Jon Goodman. Introductory essay by Martha A. Sandweiss, Note on photogravure by Jon Goodman. 43x50.7 cm (17x20"). All housed in publisher's cloth-covered drop-back box with paper cover label. The numbered edition comprised 100 copies. There were an additional 10 artist's proofs (of which the present set is #10). First Edition.
Each photogravure is signed by Bradford Washburn. Stunning portfolio of Washburn images printed by contemporary photogravure master Jon Goodman. "With a photographer's eye, a master climber's skill, and the mechanical expertise of a true technician, Bradford Washburn has spent more than seventy years photographing the world's mountains, creating startling images in black and white that are as close as most of us will ever come to experiencing the stark clear light, harsh weather, and thin oxygen to be found on the top of a high alpine peak." - Introduction.
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Author: Washburn, Bradford
Title: Photographing in High Places: Mount McKinley and Mount Saint Elias
Place Published:
Publisher:Heron Press
Date Published: 2006
Description:
Title leaf, 3 text leaves and 10 photogravures by Bradford Washburn printed by Jon Goodman. Introductory essay by Martha A. Sandweiss, Note on photogravure by Jon Goodman. 43x50.7 cm (17x20"). All housed in publisher's cloth-covered drop-back box with paper cover label. The numbered edition comprised 100 copies. There were an additional 10 artist's proofs (of which the present set is #10). First Edition.
Each photogravure is signed by Bradford Washburn. Stunning portfolio of Washburn images printed by contemporary photogravure master Jon Goodman. "With a photographer's eye, a master climber's skill, and the mechanical expertise of a true technician, Bradford Washburn has spent more than seventy years photographing the world's mountains, creating startling images in black and white that are as close as most of us will ever come to experiencing the stark clear light, harsh weather, and thin oxygen to be found on the top of a high alpine peak." - Introduction.