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The Book of 101 Books is published by Andrew Roth and features over 500 color plates accompanied by essays by eight renowned authors: Vince Aletti, Richard Benson, May Castleberry, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Daid Moriyama, Shelley Rice, David Levi Strauss, and Neville Wakefield.
In her insightful 15,000-word essay titled “When Objects Dream,” art historian Shelley Rice traces the history of 20th-century photography through the book. Richard Benson, dean of the School of the Arts at Yale University and an internationally renowned expert on photographic printing, traces the evolution of the art of printing from photogravure to new digital technologies in his 5,000-word essay titled “Photography in Print.” May Castleberry, an independent curator and editor for the Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, describes the production process behind the reprint of Steichen’s classic children’s book, *The First Picture Book*, and discusses the challenge of presenting photography books within a museum exhibition in her essay “The Presence of The Past.” Jeffrey Fraenkel, art dealer and book publisher, offers a personal account of the many pitfalls of book publishing in his essay “A Choice of Titles.” Contemporary Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama recounts in his essay “Reflections” the creation of his avant-garde publication Bye, Bye Photography, Dear (1972). Neville Wakefield, art critic, theorist, and curator of contemporary art, analyzes Richard Prince’s radical picture book *Adult Comedy Action Drama* (1995) in “Stand Up Comedy and the Horizontal Sublime.” Vince Aletti, arts editor at the Village Voice, and David Levi Strauss, art critic and professor, each write an insightful essay of 300 to 500 words to accompany the 101 books.
Published by PPP Editions, 2001
308 pages
25 x 30.5 cm
ISBN: 978-0967077444
The Book of 101 Books is published by Andrew Roth and features over 500 color plates accompanied by essays by eight renowned authors: Vince Aletti, Richard Benson, May Castleberry, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Daid Moriyama, Shelley Rice, David Levi Strauss, and Neville Wakefield.
In her insightful 15,000-word essay titled “When Objects Dream,” art historian Shelley Rice traces the history of 20th-century photography through the book. Richard Benson, dean of the School of the Arts at Yale University and an internationally renowned expert on photographic printing, traces the evolution of the art of printing from photogravure to new digital technologies in his 5,000-word essay titled “Photography in Print.” May Castleberry, an independent curator and editor for the Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, describes the production process behind the reprint of Steichen’s classic children’s book, *The First Picture Book*, and discusses the challenge of presenting photography books within a museum exhibition in her essay “The Presence of The Past.” Jeffrey Fraenkel, art dealer and book publisher, offers a personal account of the many pitfalls of book publishing in his essay “A Choice of Titles.” Contemporary Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama recounts in his essay “Reflections” the creation of his avant-garde publication Bye, Bye Photography, Dear (1972). Neville Wakefield, art critic, theorist, and curator of contemporary art, analyzes Richard Prince’s radical picture book *Adult Comedy Action Drama* (1995) in “Stand Up Comedy and the Horizontal Sublime.” Vince Aletti, arts editor at the Village Voice, and David Levi Strauss, art critic and professor, each write an insightful essay of 300 to 500 words to accompany the 101 books.
Published by PPP Editions, 2001
308 pages
25 x 30.5 cm
ISBN: 978-0967077444
