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  • Publisher: Nazraeli Press, Portland,Oregon
  • Date published: 2009
  • Format: Hardcover
[16 pp.] Duodecimo [19 cm]; maroon boards. Fine. A book of twelve reproductions and one original pigment print by digital wizard Edward Bateman. Nazaraeli Press One Picture Book #58. The thirteenth plate is laid in at the rear of the book and is signed by the artist on the reverse. No. 314 of 500. From the introduction:"Automatons became the next wonder of the age, and the camera turned its ever hungry gaze on them as well. This was an unprecedented development. Mankind has always looked at objects. For the first time in human history, objects were looking back. Robots (although the name would not be coined for 80 years) made excellent photographic subjects because of their ability to remain motionless for extended periods of time. And indeed, they were widely documented, although few examples remain today. Automatons became more than just sources of labor-they became companions and, following legislation passed during the upheaval of the Civil War, autonomous citizens."
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  • Publisher: Nazraeli Press, Portland, OR
  • Date published: 2009
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781590052655
Small octavo (7-1/2" x 5-3/4"). (16)pp. Deep magenta boards lettered in white. Illustrated with 12 reproductions and one original pigment print that is mounted on verso of colophon and signed on the print's verso by Edward Bateman. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A fine, as new copy. "Presented as a collection of discovered carte de visites, this book documents a forgotten age of mechanical wonders . Bateman uses this history to question the idea that all photographs are bound to a particular moment in time. Combining 19th century imagery with fabricated automatons, he creates images of the past with an iconography that is usually used to depict the future. They invite a comparison between automatons and cameras; for the first time in human history, objects of our creation were looking back at us. He imagines an era where memory and change marched hand in hand, creating the world we live in today and leaving behind worlds that only exist in images."-- Description from publisher's website Nazraeli Press "One Picture Book" Series #58.
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  • Publisher: Nazraeli Press, Portland,Oregon
  • Date published: 2009
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781590052655
SIGNED. Thin duodecimo [19 cm] Burgundy paper over boards. There is a slight indentation along the bottom edge of the front board. A book of twelve reproductions and one original pigment print by digital wizard, Edward Bateman. Nazraeli Press One Picture Book #58. The 13th plate, is laid in at the rear of the book and is signed by the artist. From the introduction."Automatons became the next wonder of the age, and the camera turned its ever hungry gaze on them as well. This was an unprecedented development. Mankind has always looked at objects. For the first time in human history, objects were looking back. Robots (although the name would not be coined for 80 years) made excellent photographic subjects because of their ability to remain motionless for extended periods of time. And indeed, they were widely documented, although few examples remain today. Automatons became more than just sources of labor-they became companions and, following legislation passed during the upheaval of the Civil War, autonomous citizens." No. 302 in an edition limited to 500 copies.
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