Front Towards Enemy [INSCRIBED]
by Palu, Louie; Rebecca Senf
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition
- ISBN 10
- 1943948089
- ISBN 13
- 9781943948086
- Seller
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About This Item
Atlanta, Georgia: Yoffy Press, 2017. First edition. Softcover. Fine condition. Inscribed "To Joan from Louie Thanks for your support! Louie Palu 11/01/2017" on inside front cover. Small Folio. Original stiff light gray portfolio slipcase with black lettering on cover and spine. Housing four separate items and one separate page with illustrated exhibition suggestions, printed to front and verso:
1. The Fighting Season. Large Quarto. Unpaginated (40pp.). Black stiff wraps with white lettering to front and back cover. With an essay on "The Power and Limits of the Photographic Book in a New Media Age" by Rebecca Senf. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs from the Theater of War in Afghanistan. Printed to glossy paper. With contributions "On Photography" and "On Place" by Louie Palu at rear.
2. Photographic leporello (7 3/8 x 11 1/4") in color with photographs from the US Afghan campaign, housed in clear plastic bag as issued. Twelve color photographs depicting scenes from the Afghan war theater. Twelve color photographs with captions printed to verso. This body of work is from the essay The Fighting Season and the book Front Towards enemy. All photographs by Louie Palu 2017.
3. The Void of War. Folded elephant folio, as issued (16 1/4 x 11 1/2"). Unpaginated (24pp.). Photo-illustrated white paper with black lettering on cover. Collection of sixteen b/w photographs from the Afghan war theater with captions. All photographs are displayed double paged with generous white borders at top and bottom. This body of work is from the essay The Void of War and the book Front Towards Enemy. All photographs by Louie Palu.
4. Ten stiff photographic plates (11 1/4 x 7 1/2") of soldiers with captions printed to back covers, housed in plastic bag as issued. This body of work is from the essay Garmsir Marines and the book Front Towards Enemy. All photographs by Louie Palu.
1. The Fighting Season. Large Quarto. Unpaginated (40pp.). Black stiff wraps with white lettering to front and back cover. With an essay on "The Power and Limits of the Photographic Book in a New Media Age" by Rebecca Senf. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs from the Theater of War in Afghanistan. Printed to glossy paper. With contributions "On Photography" and "On Place" by Louie Palu at rear.
2. Photographic leporello (7 3/8 x 11 1/4") in color with photographs from the US Afghan campaign, housed in clear plastic bag as issued. Twelve color photographs depicting scenes from the Afghan war theater. Twelve color photographs with captions printed to verso. This body of work is from the essay The Fighting Season and the book Front Towards enemy. All photographs by Louie Palu 2017.
3. The Void of War. Folded elephant folio, as issued (16 1/4 x 11 1/2"). Unpaginated (24pp.). Photo-illustrated white paper with black lettering on cover. Collection of sixteen b/w photographs from the Afghan war theater with captions. All photographs are displayed double paged with generous white borders at top and bottom. This body of work is from the essay The Void of War and the book Front Towards Enemy. All photographs by Louie Palu.
4. Ten stiff photographic plates (11 1/4 x 7 1/2") of soldiers with captions printed to back covers, housed in plastic bag as issued. This body of work is from the essay Garmsir Marines and the book Front Towards Enemy. All photographs by Louie Palu.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50122
- Title
- Front Towards Enemy [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Palu, Louie; Rebecca Senf
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1943948089
- ISBN 13
- 9781943948086
- Publisher
- Yoffy Press
- Place of Publication
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- b/w photography, war photography, Afghanistan War, color photography, exhibition catalog
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