Nine 9
Wels, Austria: Most Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Square Folio. 100pp. Original black cloth with glossy black lettering on cover and spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket, white and blue lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Title page printed in blue and black. "There is a peculiar verb in English which doesn't decline very well, the verb to matter. Hoflehner expects his pictures to matter. They're pretty enough, of course they are, and a pleasure simply to sample with the eye. But if youthink of any view in this collection merely as a pleasantly harmonious frameful of grey tones, you haven't done thinking about it. Because Josef Hoflehner photographs with the full resources of his wide culture fully engaged. This is not the photography of f/stops and film grades. This is the rarer photography, of someone who wants to address an audience and expects us to be moved and thoughtful in return. And in the proper sense of the word, it approaches the sublime." (Hodgson). Illsutrated with sixty-three high quality full page offset reproductions of b/w photographs. A retrospective collection of Hoflehner's minimalist photographs. Gallery copy sign taped to Brodart on front cover. Fine condition. Item #49533
ISBN: 9783902600035
Price: $95.00