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ParkeHarrison, Robert & ParkeHarrison, Shana : Counterpoint

Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe, NM, 2008

ISBN 1931885818

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 72 pages. Artist Book. Limited Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition of 3000 copies. The Limited Slipcased Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison and Jack Woody: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 3 pounds. Red cloth boards with black titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. There is no text. Black cloth slipcase. Printed on thick glossy stock paper in Korea to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Robert ParkeHarrison's and Shana ParkeHarrison's "Counterpoint". Poetically beautiful images. "Revisits themes explored in their first book, including Man's destruction and healing of the planet. Shot in color, the photographs also utilize the ParkeHarrisons' technique of applying pigment by hand, directly to their large-scale prints. Robert ParkeHarrison once again appears as the Everyman of the book's visual narrative, one who, despite the will to effect change, is all too often rendered impotent and ineffectual. The ParkeHarrisons also explore the epic landscape as a metaphor for the state of Mankind, particularly alluding to recent natural disasters and their aftermath" (Publisher's blurb). It is not an exaggeration to allude to Ingmar Bergman, the greatest film artist of the 20th century, on the one hand, and to Cormac McCarthy, the greatest American novelist of our time, on the other: Like Bergman, their move to color has led to a darker, less whimsical work than "The Architect's Brother". Like Cormac McCarthy, they have arrived at an apocalyptic vision in the same nihilistic vein as "The Road". "I want to make images that have open, narrative qualities" (Robert ParkeHarrison). An absolute "must-have" title for Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by both Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Slipcased Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the regular trade edition of 3000 copies. A rare signed copy thus. 33 color plates. Two of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 1931885818.

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