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Mnemosyne
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBill Henson
Zurich and Sydney: Scalo and Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005. -
Expressions of Lovemaking
Read MoreWesley Stacey; Rennie Ellis
Sydney: Pontiac, 1972.Rare early erotic photo book by Australian photographer Wesley Stacey (1941-2023), issued the year before he co-founded the Australian Centre for Photography. A period document of liberated sexuality and countercultural aesthetics, the work pairs Stacey’s intimate colour photographs of a young couple (shot in settings including a cave, penthouse, pool, bedroom, and beach), with the sensual poetry of fellow photographer Rennie Ellis (1940-2003). Stylistically rooted in the late-1960s and early-1970s Australian bohemian milieu. Exceptionally scarce: a single holding recorded in Trove and OCLC (Curtin University). The work is otherwise unrecorded in writings on either Stacey or Ellis. The only public reference to its existence appears in a 1976 ruling of the New Zealand Indecent Publications Tribunal, which described it as “another publication consisting of photographs of sexual intercourse with a small amount of text. It is serious in intention, though not didactic, natural and restrained in presentation with a straightforward text. The photographs depict basic variations of normal intercourse without any of the tasteless or debasing acrobatics which have marred other similar publications… Having regard to the changing times and standards and the dominant effect of this publication the tribunal considers that a restricted classification in this case is not necessary. The tribunal classifies this publication as not indecent.” (The New Zealand Gazette No. 117, 18 November 1976)
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Minutes to Midnight
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTrent Parke
Gottingen: Steidl, 2013.Photo book of an uneasy Australia produced from a 2003 road trip around the country by Australian photographer Trent Parke (1971-). In 2007 Parke became the first Australian member of Magnum Photos.
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Balkan Pank
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJoze Suhadolnik
: Akina Books, 2014.Photo book of the 1980s punk scene in former Yugoslavia. One of 50 unnumbered copies of the collector’s edition in a coptic binding with screenprinted cover (a softcover edition of 200 copies was also produced).
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New York, 1954.55
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Klein
Manchester: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1995.Revised edition of Klein’s landmark photo book first published as Life is Good & Good For You in New York (Paris, 1956).
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Ai Weiwei: New York 1983 – 1993
Read MoreAi Weiwei
Beijing: Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, 2010.The true first edition of Weiwei’s New York Photographs series produced when he was living the East Village from 1983 to 1993.
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Human Negotiations
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKatharina Hesse; Lara Day
Beijing: Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, 2011.Photo book of Bangkok female and transsexual sex workers. Photography by Kathanrina Hesse with text based on interviews by Lara Day. This copy signed by Hesse.
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Hustlers
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPhilip-Lorca diCorcia
Gottingen: Steidl, 2013.Oversize photo book by American photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia (1953-) documenting male prostitutes. “I took the Hustler photographs following a period of repressive stomping on the U.S. Constitution’s First Amemdment, “Freedom of Speech”. An appropriate personification of the moment would be Jesse Helms, a man deeply committed to his bigotry. He was responsible for a lot of the stomping. In 1989, the National Endowment for the Arts was attacked for supporting a Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that was canceled as a result. In the same year, the money I received from the NEA had a proviso attached which required that I not transgress “American” values; at least that is how I remember it. I’ll be it was more onerous. Other artist recipients called for a boycott, or some kind of protest. I decided to beat Mr. Helms et al. at their own game, mendacity. I paid the “hustlers” in these photographs with the money awarded to me by the NEA. The price was meant to be the normal cost for the lowest common denominator of street sex. Of course it varies. Hustlers lie a lot too. I’ve included in the titles the name, age, hometown, and price paid of each one, as an emphatic declaration of the identity mutation and the taxonomy of the project implied. And, as a report to the government of its well-spent dollars. (from artist’s statement) A selection of 21 of the photographs were exhibited in diCorcia’s first museum show, Strangers, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1993. Here for the first time the complete series is published in it entirety.
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Public Fitting
AU$4,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTim Johnson
Sydney: Tim Johnson, 1972.A 1972 artist’s book by Sydney conceptual artist (now painter) Tim Johnson (1947-), containing 40 full page black and white street photographs which show the wind lifting the skirts of women on the streets of Sydney. Produced during his time as co-founder of one of Sydney’s first artist-run spaces, Inhibodress, alongside Mike Parr and Peter Kennedy, the work forms a key part of Johnson’s early-1970s investigations into public space, social conditioning, and eroticism. While the images might initially appear voyeuristic (see upskirt), they are best understood through the lens of his contemporaneous performances, Disclosure and Fittings. Those live works staged situations to expose and analyze unconscious “sexual mores” and “sex-role conditioning”, manipulating participants’ clothing in a gallery, provoking direct responses. Public Fitting explores similar themes through the “found performance” of the street, framing the wind as an unwitting collaborator and the women’s reactions as unscripted data on social behaviour. Published alongside a Super 8 film of the same name (featuring different images as compared with the film in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane), the film’s duration underscores the work’s non-erotic, analytical dimension. In contrast, the book’s static images are more readily misread as purely voyeuristic. This copy bears a later manuscript title on the spine, “Public Fitting – XXX”, a direct annotation of the work’s perceived erotic content, demonstrating the very social-sexual condition the artist sought to examine. Beyond this conceptual framework, the work also serves a vidid record of women’s fashion in early-1970s Sydney, an era dominated by the miniskirt. The edition size is unstated, though several sources, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, state that 200 copies were produced. This copy with an additional folded sheet containing 5 further small images of a woman’s underwear (perhaps from a different source), the artist’s stamp with his 54 Albermarle St address, and the contemporary signature Micheal [Mansell?] dated 17th/4/72.
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Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock’s Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands of China
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Aris
New York: China House Gallery, 1992. -
Anthropologist in Papua: The Photography of F. E. Williams, 1922-39
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartF. E. Williams; Michael W. Young; Julia Clark
Adelaide: Crawford House, 2001. -
Golden Boy as Anthony Cool: A Photo Essay on Naming and Graffiti
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHerbert Kohl; James Hinton
New York: The Dial Press, 1972.Important early study of urban text graffiti and tagging in New York. More than just a photobook, though Hinton’s work definitely gives it that distinction, Kohl, founder of the 1960s Open School movement, provides lengthy and invaluable insight into language and identity.
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The Harlem Book of the Dead
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Van Der Zee; Owen Dodson; Camille Billops
Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan, 1978.Early to mid 20th century African American funeral photography in Harlem, New York City. Foreword by Toni Morrison.
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Not Only Sport (Complete Set, 6 Volumes)
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 1997-2000.A spin-off of the successful photography magazine, Black+White. Not Only Sport was a coffee table magazine light on the articles and heavy on the quality photography, including sports photography and nude and semi nude portraits of athletes by some of the world’s best photographers. Athletes include Karla Gilbert, Shane Crawford, Michael Slater, Muhammad Ali, Juanita Little, Miles Stewart, Vici Andronicus, Adrian Lam, Victoria Roberts, Cathy Freeman, Bruce Lee, Pat Rafter, Sarah Straton, the Danish National Gymnastics Team, Guy Andrews, Adidas Vs Nike, Shane Kelly, Stuart MacGill, Anna Kournikova, Matthew Nicks, Jackie Allen, Zali Steggall, Jacqques Cousteau, Nicole Sanderson, Shannon Taylor, Michael Klim, Linford Christie, Anthony Mundine, Rex Dupain, and many others.
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The Gay Seventies
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHal Fischer
San Francisco: Gallery 16, 2019.Collected edition of the photo-text works of Hal Fischer produced between between 1977 and 1979 including the highly important Gay Semiotics. FischerÂ’’s works were major investigations of gay life in late 1970s San Francisco. Contains: Gay Semiotics; 18th near Castro St. x 24; Boy-Friends; A Salesman; Civic Center; Cheap Chic Homo; At the Center of the Gay Universe.
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Manatomy: The Desirable Male Body in Close Up
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Blue Books / Studio Magazines, 2004.A special issue of Blue focussing on focussing in on the male body. (not only) Blue was a glossy coffee table art magazine produced between 1995 and 2007 by Studio Magazines in Sydney, who also published the successful photography magazine, Black+White. “Blue’s agenda is to showcase artists whose work is an authentic representation of gay relationships, gay lifestyles and gay issues” (Blue’s editorial statement) and it did so in a large format filled with nude and semi nude art photography. The premiere issue featured William Yang, Tom Bianchi, Pierre et Gilles, Edmund White, Fiona McGregor, and Ian Roberts, and over its 12 year history featured work from top photographers and features on artists and celebrities including Robert Mapplethorpe, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Erwin Olaf, k.d. lang, Bruce of LA, Dennis Rodman, Elton John, John Waters, Karl Lagerfield, Jeffrey Smart, Yukio Mishima, Paul Cadmas, William S. Burroughs, George Platt Lynes, Gilbert and George, Rupert Everett, Uma Thurman, Wilhelm von Gloeden and countless others.
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2Blue: A Special Issue of Blue
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2004.2Blue explores the many facets of male coupling, from sex and friendship to romance and play. Be they partners, lovers or friends, the pairs in 2Blue reflect the breadth of relationships between men around the world. In this volume, 58 photographers interpret the bonding theme with artistic rigour and sensitivity. A lingering kiss, a rough embrace, a moment of anticipation – all are captured with an eye for passion and emotional honesty. (not only) Blue was a glossy coffee table art magazine produced between 1995 and 2007 by Studio Magazines in Sydney, who also published the successful photography magazine, Black+White. “Blue’s agenda is to showcase artists whose work is an authentic representation of gay relationships, gay lifestyles and gay issues” (Blue’s editorial statement) and it did so in a large format filled with nude and semi nude art photography. The premiere issue featured William Yang, Tom Bianchi, Pierre et Gilles, Edmund White, Fiona McGregor, and Ian Roberts, and over its 12 year history featured work from top photographers and features on artists and celebrities including Robert Mapplethorpe, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Erwin Olaf, k.d. lang, Bruce of LA, Dennis Rodman, Elton John, John Waters, Karl Lagerfield, Jeffrey Smart, Yukio Mishima, Paul Cadmas, William S. Burroughs, George Platt Lynes, Gilbert and George, Rupert Everett, Uma Thurman, Wilhelm von Gloeden and countless others.
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The Album: A Visual Celebration of Australian Music (A Special Issue of not only Black+White Magazine
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [1997].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring photography, some nude, of Australian musicians. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Masters Volume 3: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [2003].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of Nobuyoshi Araki, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Andreas H. Bitesnich, Erwin Blumenfeld, Bob Carlos Clarke, Anton Corbijn, Dominique Issermann, Richard Kern, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Mary Ellen Mark, Lewis Morley, Jan Saudek, Francesco Scavullo, and Jock Sturges. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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The Masters Volume 2: A Special Issue of Not Only Black + White Magazine
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, [2001].A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring the work of William Klein, Ralph Gibson, Sheila Metzner, Rankin, Pierre et Gilles, Ed Freeman, Markus Klinko & Indrani, Isabel Snyder, James Houston, John Rawlings, Joyce Tenneson, Dominique Derisbourg, Erwin Olaf, and Howard Schatz. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.