Rickard, Doug

A New American Picture [SIGNED - TRUE 1ST EDITION 1/200 COPIES]

White Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED COPY White Press / Schaden.com, Köln (Cologne) 2010. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 200 copies (this being #195/200), signed and numbered by Rickard on the colophon page. Photographs by Doug Rickard. Unpaginated, with 69 four-color plates. 9 x 13-1/4 inches. Cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume III. SIGNED by Doug Rickard. Book Condition: New/Fine tight, clean copy. SIGNED. This exquisite, handmade book is the first publication to present Rickard's innovative appropriation of images from Google's Street View. Photographed as they appeared on his computer screen and expertly edited, the resulting images are haunting and rich. A New American Picture offers a startling and fresh perspective on American street photography. All of the images are appropriated from Google Street View; over a period of two years,Rickard took advantage of the technology platform's comprehensive image archive to virtually drive the unseen and overlooked roads of America, bleak places that are forgotten, economically devastated, and abandoned.With an informed and deliberate eye, Rickard finds and decodes these previously photographed scenes of urban and rural decay. As new. Item #736
ISBN: B008D62X94

Price: $750.00