Mark, Mary Ellen: Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay : photographs and text

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Mark, Mary Ellen : Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay : photographs and text

Knopf, U.S.A., 1981

ISBN 0394509870

Book shows considerable wear with first front endpaper missing, lightly curled front cover with a notable crease at lower front corner incorporating a 1/4" tear. Back cover age toned at edges with a slight curl also. Text/interior is clean and complete with text and 65 impressive full color, full page plates, all in excellent condition. Binding is solid though somewhat fragile as a perfect-bound 34 year old book. "Falkland Road is a notorious street in Bombay lined with old wooden buildings which teem with prostitutes hanging out of the windows, in the viewing cages on the ground floor, and on the steps. From sunrise to sunset the customers pass down the street to survey the girls. Mary Ellen Mark's extraordinary portrait of Falkland Road was first published by Knopf in 1981, and has long been recognized as one of the major bodies of work in the canon of this significant Magnum photographer. The book contains sixty-five photographs made over six weeks that show the daily life lived by the women (and men) of the street. Mark's images are beautiful, electric, shocking, and remarkable for their emotional power and for the visceral brilliance of their color". Marked "first editon" on publisher's page.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Oversize Paperback

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