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Over the years, Lynn Davis has become widely celebrated for her large-scale photographs of 'monuments' of the human and natural landscape from around the world. Whether depicting the ancient pyramids of Giza, the temples of Cambodia, or the icebergs of Greenland, Davis articulates both the omnipotent forces of nature and the most resolute building endeavors ever undertaken by man. Davis's aesthetic is cool and refined; her sparse composition and controlled modeling of light evoke solitude and contemplation. Travel has become an essential component of Davis's work, building on a long-standing tradition of travel photography, particularly from the nineteenth century. Evident in her minimal imagery is a reverence for the monuments she visits for their grace of form and for the extraordinary feats of their producers. Lynn Davis's photographs are accompanied by texts by Patti Smith and Rudolph Wurlitzer that contemplate the sheer beauty of Davis's photography and the context of travel in which they are produced. BEAUTIFUL COPY! ! ! wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...

Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 160 pages. Retrospective collection of landscape and landmark photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by James Crump and Elsa Kendall: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Lynn Davis. Poem by Patti Smith. Introduction by Rudolph Wurlitzer. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Lynn Davis' "Monument". Her ambitious attempt to leave her mark on the landscape and landmark genre. She has succeeded brilliantly. The concept behind the collection is that a monument is a natural or a man-made structure whose motif is ascension. The greatest landmarks by Man, as Lynn Davis sees and presents them, rival, and often surpass, those of Nature, as breathtaking as the latter can be. Her images have a global reach: Egypt, Australia, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, Lebanon, Greenland, and the United States. They include the Pyramid of Giza, Buddhist temples, the icebergs of Greenland, among other stupendous pinnacles of Nature and Man. "Davis articulates both the omnipotent forces of Nature and the most resolute building endeavors ever undertaken by Man. Davis's aesthetic is cool and refined; her sparse composition, and controlled modeling of light evoke solitude and contemplation" (Publisher's blurb) . An absolute "must-have" title for Lynn Davis collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. 60 plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1892041073.

Unpaginated (136 pages) with 60 four-color plates. A small previous gift inscription written in pen to the top of the front free endpaper. Hardcover. Tight binding, sharp edges and corners on the boards, bright dustjacket, now encased in a Mylar cover, and, aside from the aforementioned, a clean, unmarked interior. Edited by David Whitney.

Arena Editions, 1999. Hard cover. Very good/Very good. First edition. Jacket is lightly worn along edges. Bottom edges of front and back covers are lightly bumped. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked.

Size: 176x16x188; In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features a preface by Patti Smith and an introduction by Rudolph Wurlitzer. A collection of beautifully printed images of monuments from all over the world. Includes 60 four color images. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some slight bumping to the bottom corners and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Signed by Davis. A nicely printed book.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Arena Editions, 1999. First Edition (trade) . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Davis, Lynn (photos). unpaginated; HB dk.blue w/silver; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.&white w/silverblue; slight rub. "Davis articulates both the omnipotent forces of nature and the most resolute building endeavors ever undertaken by man." 50+photos. signed by Davis.