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The Big Book

Title
The Big Book / W. Eugene Smith.
Author
Smith, W. Eugene, 1918-1978
Publication
  • Austin : University of Texas Press ; [Tucson, Arizona] : Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.

TextUse in library MFW+ 16-1171Schwarzman Building M2 - Art and Architecture Room 300

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Additional Authors
  • Martinez, Katharine, 1950-
  • Johnson, William, 1940-
  • Berger, John
Description
3 volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color); 35 cm in case 36 x 27 x 7 cm
Summary
This set presents an accurate reproduction of the unpublished magnum opus of W. Eugene Smith, an icon in the field of twentieth-century photography who is best known as the master of the humanistic photographic essay. In 1959, Smith created an extended photo-essay that he called "The Big Book," a complex retrospective of his work that would reflect his philosophy of art and critique of the world. Smith's layout grouped photographs out of context and chronological order to form a series of connected "visual chapters and subchapters" that were intended to have a Joycean or Faulknerian literary quality. After three years, Smith completed two handmade folio-sized maquettes to send to publishers. This reproduction of "The Big Book" is an essential primary source document for the study of both the history of photography and the history of the photobook.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Photobooks.
Note
  • Three volumes in a slipcase.
  • Volumes 1 and 2 have approximately 345 unnumbered pages; volume 3 has 103 pages.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Volume 1. [photographs] -- Volume 2. [photographs] -- Volume 3. Essays and text. Foreword / Katherine Martinez -- Introduction / William S. Johnson -- Archival notes / Jennifer Jae Gutierrez and Leslie Squyres -- The walk to Paradise Garden / W. Eugene Smith -- Pieta : W. Eugene Smith / John Berger -- Chronology -- Thumbnails.
Call Number
MFW+ 16-1171
ISBN
  • 9780292754683
  • 029275468X
LCCN
2013938350
OCLC
841899750
Author
Smith, W. Eugene, 1918-1978, photographer.
Title
The Big Book / W. Eugene Smith.
Publisher
Austin : University of Texas Press ; [Tucson, Arizona] : Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
1900 - 1999
Added Author
Martinez, Katharine, 1950- writer of foreword.
Johnson, William, 1940- writer of introduction.
Berger, John, writer of added commentary.
Sudoc No.
Z UA380.8 Sm68bi txdocs
Research Call Number
MFW+ 16-1171
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