Other pictures : anonymous photographs from the Thomas Walther collection / essay by Mia Fineman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fineman, Mia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walther, Thomas--Photograph collections--Catalogs.

Walther, Thomas.

Photography--Private collections--United States--Catalogs.

Photography.

Photography, Artistic--Private collections--Catalogs.

Photography, Artistic.

Photography, American--20th century--Catalogs.

Photography, American.

Photography--United States--20th century--Catalogs.

Photography, Artistic--Private collections.

Photography--Private collections.

Photograph collections.

United States.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

142 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Thomas Walther : other pictures

Place of Publication:

Santa Fe, NM : Twin Palms Publishers, 2000.

Summary:

An avid collector of photographs finds himself compelled to look past another vintage print by Walker Evans or Edward Weston. He discovers compelling, magically composed snapshots of a couple, a family, a street scene, or a naked woman. He finds these pictures in family albums, shoe boxes, and at flea markets. They are photography's $5 miracles.

With dedication and intensity, Thomas Walther, a visionary collector of photography, has been sorting through the seemingly superfluous vernacular photographs of this century. Other Pictures is his selection of over 150 unique images from his "other" collection, his collection of found images. They are perfectly presented here, giving us the opportunity to appreciate and muse over these singular anonymous masterpieces, images as indelible as any created by the most democratic of tools -- the camera.

Notes:

Edition limited to 5,000 casebound copies.

ISBN:

0944092829

OCLC:

44886731