Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Transformations [WITH SIGNED LETTERS AND ORIGINAL NEGATIVES]

Tenneson, Joyce; Vicki Goldberg (Introduction by); David Tannous (Interview by)

Boston: A Bulfinch Press Book - Little Brown and Company, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 127, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over cloth with silver lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. "Transformations" is the first book to feature Tenneson's color work. Published to coincide with a traveling exhibition originated by the international Center of Photography, New York, it presents the full range of Tenneson's personal color work since she began to work in color in the mid-1980s. An illustrated interview includes examples of her fashion and portrait work as well. The interview explores the autobiographical influences on Tenneson's work and underscores the intimate yet disquieting power of these startlingly beautiful photographs. Laid in some original documents concerning the conception of this book: 2 negatives (including one of the dust-jacket's front cover). One photograph featuring the same front cover. A postcard and two handwritten letters by Joyce Tenneson to Janet Bush, then executive editor of New York Graphic Society/Bulfinch Press, the art and photography imprint of Little, Brown in Boston, regarding the conception of "Transformations." A signed typed letter to Janet Bush by book designer Eric Baker. Very minor creasing and age-toning along edges of dust-jacket. Very minor age-toning along paper margin. DJ, binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition. g. Item #32040

Price: $950.00