Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Kertesz, Andre (Subject); Gossage, John; Parr, Martin & Others
Andre Kertesz: Observations, Thoughts, Reflections

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Memorial Exhibition Monograph. One of the best exhibition monographs on the photographic art and achievement of Andre Kertesz ever published in our time. Deluxe Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered copies. Should not be confused with and is superior in terms of production values to the Limited Edition of 900 copies. There is no ISBN. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery and David W. Williams: Oversize-volume format. Beige linen cloth boards with facsimile of Andre Kertesz's signature embossed on cover and black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Andre Kertesz. Introduction by Stephen Daiter. Essay-Contributions by various scholars, colleagues, artists, curators, photographers, friends, and collectors. Matching beige linen cloth slipcase with full-size photographic reproduction and black titles embossed on one side. Printed on pristine-white, Mohawk Superfine stock paper by Meridian Printing Greenwich in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from March 11 through May 28, 2005. Presents, in its Deluxe Edition format, "Andre Kertesz: Observations, Thoughts, Reflections". One of the most moving and singular tributes to the art of Andre Kertesz. Twenty-seven contributors were invited to choose their favorite Kertesz photograph, and then to write about it. These are not self-indulgent, lazy pieces. As Daiter notes, the vintage images assembled showcase Kertesz's visual sensibility and genius. "Some of the photographs are Classically familiar while others are refeshingly obscure. Each of the contributors shared his or her time and talents enthusiastically. The juxtaposition of image with text resulted in a sparkling mixture of memory, emotion, and scholarship" (Publisher's blurb). Some of the contributors include Katherine Bang, Paul Berlanga, Keith Davis, Willem Diepraam, John Gossage, Robert Gurbo, Martin Parr, Sylvia Plachy, Gary Schneider, David Travis, and seventeen other "testimonees" to Andre Kertesz's greatness. To honor Kertesz with observations, thoughts, and reflections is to honor him at the deepest level: He was a great artist because he was a conscious dreamer. An absolute "must-have" title for Andre Kertesz collectors. This is a copy of the Deluxe Slipcased Edition of 100 numbered copies. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution by Paul Berlanga. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Deluxe Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 27 plates. Andre Kertesz's "Day of Paris" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ANDRE KERTESZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21690.

$US 300.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Gossage, John (Photographer) & Badger, Gerry (Contributor)
Berlin In The Time Of The Wall: An Exhibition About A Book And Its Photographs

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 80 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most beautiful catalogs on the photographic art and achievement of John Gossage. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. The ideal introduction/companion volume to and should NOT be confused with the book of the same title whose publication and imagery it celebrates. None of the copies was commercially sold. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by John Gossage. Essay by Gerry Badger. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from January 7 through March 5, 2005. Presents John Gossage's "Berlin In The Time of The Wall: An Exhibition About A Book And Its Photographs". Celebrates - and gives equal weight to - the publication of the book (from which all of the exhibition's images are culled) as much as the photographs themselves. Gossage's discovery of Berlin was decisive to his development as a photographer whose goal is, singularly, photography that is "visually literary" (his words), that is to say, has the flow, fluency, and power of narrative. Robert Adams once noted that all such photography exists on three levels: As geography, as autobiography, and as metaphor. Taken individually, Adams was deeply skeptical about a landscape photograph's power as art. Taken together, he believed that the landscape photograph has the power to compel awe. John Gossage is his heir, whose lasting contribution is the subtle insertion of history, enabling what is essentially a flat medium to uncover the "layerings" of a place. At its very best, such layered, "archaeological" photography has led to masterpieces like Kikuji Kawada's "Chizu" ("The Map") and Gossage's now-considerable body of work. An absolute "must-have" title for John Gossage collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the very first page by John Gossage. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This Exhibition Catalog is the ideal introduction/companion volume to and should NOT be confused with the book of the same title whose publication and imagery it celebrates. None of the copies was commercially sold. Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN GOSSAGE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 22353.

$US 70.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor); Shay, Art (Photographer); Mamet, David & Algren, Nelson (Subject)
Chicago Accent: The Limited Slipcased Edition

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 77 pages. Exhibition Catalog. Limited Slipcased Edition of 200 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular edition. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Jess Mott: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Art Shay. Introduction by the great playwright/novelist/screenwriter David Mamet. Original 8 X 10 inch photographic print encased in its own protective sheet and laid into the slipcase. Gray cloth slipcase with photographic reproduction pasted on one side. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from March 9 through May 26, 2007. Presents Art Shay's "Chicago Accent". A representative and delectable sampling of Art Shay's huge body of work. Culled from an incredible output of over 25, 000 published photographs, many of which are now in the Permanent Collection of National Portrait Gallery of Art Washington, DC. The Catalog includes classic images that have previously appeared (notably the iconic Nelson Algren photographs) as well as images that appear for the first time in catalog form. It ends, heartbreakingly, with "Harmon In The Snow, 1955", a portrait of his son (and Nelson Algren's godson), who died in 1972 at the age of 21. "Art Shay's photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head, and then kicks you in the ass" (Roger Ebert). An absolute "must-have" title for Art Shay collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Slipcased Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Art Shay. Although not called for, it is also very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on his Contribution by David Mamet. Laid-in is a 10 X 8 inch original photographic print of "Nelson Algren Amuses A New Friend, 1949", which is very prominently and beautifully studio-stamped, numbered, and signed in black ink-pen on verso by Art Shay. The image appears on Page 4, the very first plate of the catalog. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Limited Slipcased Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Art Shay made four original-print choices for the Limited Edition, this being one of his most iconic Nelson Algren images. A rare signed copy thus. 45 plates, 1 original print. One of the finest American photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ART SHAY AND LEE BALTERMAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 15127.

$US 500.00

Daiter, Stephen; Appleton, Samantha; Cianni, Vincent; Gilbertson, Ashley & Sinclair, Stephanie
Collateral Damage: The Human Face Of War

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2012
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 74 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most important exhibition catalogs on its subject in our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. A brilliant production by Adam Holtzman: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and text by Samantha Appleton, Vincent Cianni, Ashley Gilbertson, and Stephanie Sinclair. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 2012. Presents "Collateral Damage: The Human Face of War". Gripping images of war and its even more affecting aftermath. "Whether it is Vincent Cianni's black-and-white portraits of gay soldiers under the contradictory and compromised reign of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', Stephanie Sinclair's searing color scenes of Afghan women who have taken violence unto themselves and committed acts of self-immolation, or Samantha Appleton's war-zone shots, such as a jihadi in Iraq praying alone inside the walls of a bombed-out house, this powerful show fills in the picture of the realities of war beyond the battles. Collateral damage means much more than civilian casualties and properties destroyed. It is the effect of war on individuals that will last lifetimes" (Michael Weinstein). The book features a stunning multi-panel foldout of Ashley Gilbertson's panoramic photographs of empty rooms in American suburbia. They are the bedrooms of dead young American soldiers, in the homes where they were born and grew up, left "as is" by their grieving parents: An 18-year-old man's diplomas, awards, and trophies neatly and proudly on display. Another bedroom overflowing with yet another dead 18-year-old's regalia, sports posters, and girlie pin-ups, emblems of American adolescence and virility. A woman-soldier's room decorated with lush house plants. In a way that only photographs can evoke, they are about absence and presence at the same time: The young lives snuffed out and gone, their "human remains" left behind, helping keep their memory alive. An absolute "must-have" title for Samantha Appleton, Vincent Cianni, Ashley Gilbertson, and Stephanie Sinclair collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on their respective Contributions by Samantha Appleton, Vincent Cianni, Marquell Smith (soldier-subject), and Dan Bramer (soldier-subject). It is signed directly on the pages themselves, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such multi-signed copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color plates. Four of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO PETER VAN AGTMAEL AND RYAN SPENCER REED TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0985952903.

Stock number: 21046. ISBN: 0985952903

$US 40.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher) & Schneider, Gary (Artist/Photographer)
Gary Schneider: John In Sixteen Parts

Imprint: Worcester, MA, Mercantile Printing Of Worcester/Stephen Daiter Gallery, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Artist Book. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. Limited Edition of 210 numbered and signed copies. Should not be confused with the Softcover Edition, which was published simultaneously with it. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Gary Schneider: Regular-sized volume format. Black cloth boards with silver titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Gary Schneider. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 1997. Presents Gary Schneider's "John In Sixteen Parts". Extreme close-ups of the model John Erdman's various body parts (of his face), lovingly, probingly, and "scientifically" photographed by Gary Schneider (Erdman is the artist/photographer's longtime companion). Both the concept and its realization are brilliant, resulting in imagery that is strikingly original, "Conceptual" photography that is imagined rather than conceived, the work of an artist/photographer who has somehow given us a rare glimpse into the human soul, in all its beauty, pain, and "materiality", through photographs of the human body. An absolute "must-have" title for Gary Schneider collectors. This copy is one of the Hardcover Limited Edition of 210 copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in pencil by Gary Schneider. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Hardcover Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The other copy is also available from us. A rare signed copy thus. 16 plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GARY SCHNEIDER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1887593063.

Stock number: 2602. ISBN: 1887593063

$US 80.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher) & Schneider, Gary (Artist/Photographer)
Gary Schneider: Botanical

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Binding: With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 26 pages. Exhibition Catalog. Collection of the photographer's ongoing work on subject. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Regular-sized volume format. Pristine-white softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Gary Schneider. Biographical Information appended in front and List of Plates appended at the back. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In integral pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine and large flaps, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from April 27 through June 2, 2001. Presents Gary Schneider's "Botanical". Lyrical studies of gossamer beauty. There are actually three categories: "Botanicals", "Specimens", and "Intestinal Flora". Began in 1989, the Series is intended as an homage to 18th- and 19th-century botanical studies. "Fervid examinations that combine to illuminate the nexus of art and science where they intersect the human structure and spirit" (Stephen Daiter). An absolute "must-have" title for Gary Schneider collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Gary Schneider. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce signed copy thus. 26 full-page, richly toned black-and-white photographic plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GARY SCHNEIDER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 9388.

$US 30.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher) & Schneider, Gary (Artist/Photographer)
Gary Schneider: John In Sixteen Parts

Imprint: Worcester, MA, Mercantile Printing Of Worcester/Stephen Daiter Gallery, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Artist Book. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. Limited Edition of 210 numbered and signed copies. Should not be confused with the Softcover Edition, which was published simultaneously with it. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Gary Schneider: Regular-sized volume format. Black cloth boards with silver titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Gary Schneider. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 1997. Presents Gary Schneider's "John In Sixteen Parts". Extreme close-ups of the model John Erdman's various body parts (of his face), lovingly, probingly, and "scientifically" photographed by Gary Schneider (Erdman is the artist/photographer's longtime companion). Both the concept and its realization are brilliant, resulting in imagery that is strikingly original, "Conceptual" photography that is imagined rather than conceived, the work of an artist/photographer who has somehow given us a rare glimpse into the human soul, in all its beauty, pain, and "materiality", through photographs of the human body. An absolute "must-have" title for Gary Schneider collectors. This copy is one of the Hardcover Limited Edition of 210 copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Front Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in pencil by Gary Schneider. Although not called for, it is also very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in pencil by John Erdman. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed copy of the Hardcover Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: John Erdman was not supposed to sign any copies at all. The other double-signed copy is also available from us. A rare signed copy thus. 16 plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GARY SCHNEIDER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1887593063.

Stock number: 19912. ISBN: 1887593063

$US 100.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher) & King, Jay (Photographer)
Jay King: Good For Chicago

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2016
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 16 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Jay King. Brief Epilogue. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from June 10 through July 30, 2016. Presents "Jay King: Good For Chicago". A selection of the photographer's heartbreakingly beautiful street photography, which showcases both the empathy and subtlety of his work. Some of them appear in published form for the very first time. "A photographer in the American street photography that developed in the aftermath of World War II and championed by the likes of Garry Winogrand, Robert Frank, and Leon Levinstein. He has spent the last half century as an unassuming and furtive presence on the streets of Chicago, more or less purloining for his own pleasure an array of intimate emotions, snatched from his subjects in the blink of the camera's eye. Gritty, unvarnished, and humorous, his photographs are both meditations on the human condition and affectionate renderings of the people and streets of his great city" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Jay King collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Jay King. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is a catalog, and as such, it is neither a full-fledged book nor a monograph, but its exemplary production values and his elusive signature make it eminently collectible for Jay King completists. A rare signed copy thus. 22 plates. One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21337.

$US 40.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Breitenbach, Josef (Photographer) & Berlanga, Paul (Contributor)
Josef Breitenbach: Munich, Paris, New York

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 32 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. A brilliant production by David W. Williams: Regular-sized volume format. Plain white softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Josef Breitenbach. Essay by Paul Berlanga. Biography, Bibliography, and Selected Exhibitions appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In integral pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine and very large flaps, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from September 5 through November 1, 2003. Presents "Josef Breitenbach: Munich, Paris, New York". A delectable sampling of the great photographer's work. Breitenbach lived a peripatetic life. Born in Germany, he was educated in Munich and began his career there. The rise of the Nazis forced him, a Jew, to flee to Paris, where he eked out a living taking studio portraits. His portraits of such figures as James Joyce, Max Ernst, and Bertolt Brecht were taken during this brief, tumultuous period. With the ascension of the Vichy Government, Breitenbach had to flee again, this time just barely making it to the United States, where he spent the rest of his life. Josef Breitenbach was the classic Modernist case: A tough-minded, serious, soulful artist whose work was ahead of its time even as he absorbed whatever he found useful among the Movements swirling around him. He is now considered a major forerunner of Andy Warhol in his application of color to black-and-white photographs through toning and bromoil transfer. His Bauhaus-inspired work, especially the photograms (such as "Bird, New York, 1948") are masterpieces that have all the color, warmth, and detail of a painting combined with the clarity, precision, and fluidity of a photograph. Every picture in this Exhibition Catalog is museum-quality, and it is nothing less than a blessing that they have been discovered at last for what they are: The work of a great artist, not just a great photographer. An absolute "must-have" title for Josef Breitenbach collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. 28 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEF BREITENBACH TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 15338.

$US 30.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Sterling, Joseph (Photographer) & Davis, Keith F. (Contributor)
Joseph Sterling: Age Of Adolescence: The Exhibition Catalog

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 30 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Precedes, and is the basis of, the full-fledged book of the same title. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. A brilliant production by David W. Williams: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Introduction by the photography expert and scholar Keith F. Davis. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery in Chicago from March 1 to April 20, 2002. Presents, for the very first time, Joseph Sterling's "Age of Adolescence". Selections from the great photographer's breakthrough Series. Its debut release, preceding the book by a full year, it is one of the best photographic records of The American Teen-ager. "This Age sparkles with the promise of what's to come, hides its insecurities under the cover of bravado, and trembles with excitement about the here and now. From 1959 to 1964 (arguably the Adolescence of America itself), Joseph Sterling photographed teenagers, hanging out after school, at drive-ins, in fast cars. As Sterling himself defined it, 'the world of the adolescent is totally interlaced within itself and incapable of freeing itself. It whirls, rolls, and engulfs what it is allowed to engulf' "(Publisher's blurb). The "Age of Adolescence" shows American kids to be both playful and serious, friendly and menacing, cheerful and pensive. Some images anticipate the work of many contemporary photographers without their necessarily being aware of it. Their remarkable simplicity and effortless grace have re-appeared in so many images of young people ever since. Still, few photographs have the timeless appeal as Joseph Sterling's work. Closely identified with the Institute of Design (ID), Sterling has done work characterized by the technical perfection and formal experimentation identified with the Bauhaus-inspired Institute. Here, he lets go, and the result is simply wonderful. Sadly, the book itself was also the last published by Sterling, who died unexpectedly on November 12, 2010. An absolute "must-have" title for Joseph Sterling collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Joseph Sterling. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Although not called for, it is also very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Keith F. Davis. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such double-signed copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Joseph Sterling and Keith F. Davis did NOT sign most copies of the catalog. Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the finest American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEPH STERLING TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 20976.

$US 70.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor); Jachna, Joseph D. (Photographer) & Cancellieri, Agathe (Contributor)
Joseph D. Jachna: Surface Contradictions 1958-1971

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2012
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 75 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most beautiful books on the photographic art and achievement of Joseph D. Jachna. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. None of the copies was sold commercially. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Joseph D. Jachna and Adam Holtzman: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted in front and metallic-silver titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Joseph D. Jachna. Essay by Agathe Cancelliere. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 2012. Presents Joseph D. Jachna's "Surface Contradictions 1958-1971". An indispensable guide to the singular art of one of the most remarkable artist/photographers of our time. This is the second (and final) volume published by Stephen Daiter on Jachna's oeuvre, preceded by "Or Water Is" (2000), published twelve years ago. It is also the only major volume published by the photographer in his lifetime (Jachna died in 2016). Throughout his long career, Jachna's desire to photograph Nature, particularly bodies of water, became a powerful instrument that connected him (and us) to the elemental richness of life, and just as important, to metaphorical self-reflection, the outer reality reflecting the inner life. As such, his images have reliably provided a much-needed calming, immersive, and meditative experience. This respite is otherwise impossible to find in contemporary photography, whose imagery is hectic, passive-aggressive, even violent. What does the rather provocative title mean? "Rough/Smooth; Wet/Dry; Matte/Lustre; Luminous/Dark; Teeming/Empty; Opaque/Transparent. These contrasts define Jachna's images. Using contradictory surfaces, he creates scenes which at first glance seem simple but upon further investigation, complex images emerge, physically radiant and psychologically revealing" (Agathe Cancelliere). In other words, Jachna's exploration of physics, our natural state, is finally about metaphysics, our psychological, even philosophical, state of being. This is why despite their ostensible natural subject, most of his prints are "Untitled", flouting the widely-accepted practice of identifying every landscape photograph with a specific place, date, and time. An absolute "must-have" title for Joseph D. Jachna collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and dated in black ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "Joseph D. Jachna 01 18 13". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is an art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and dated copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: None of the copies was sold commercially. A rare signed copy thus. 56 plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEPH D. JACHNA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0985952911.

Stock number: 22016. ISBN: 0985952911

$US 80.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Josephson, Kenneth (Photographer); Wolf, Sylvia & Other
Kenneth Josephson: The First Fifty Years

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2008
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 125 pages. Landmark Exhibition Catalog. One of the best books on the photographic art and achievement of Kenneth Josephson. Limited Slipcased Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Should not be confused with the regular trade edition (of 250 copies, albeit also small and limited), which was published simultaneously with it. Published as a hardcover original only. None of the copies was sold commercially. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Jess Mott: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards, as issued. Photographs by Kenneth Josephson. Text by Sylvia Wolf and A. D. Coleman. Black cloth slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 2008. Presents "Kenneth Josephson: The First Fifty Years". The seminal and beautifully produced precursor, by eight years, to "The Light of Coincidence: The Photographs of Kenneth Josephson" (2016). "For over 50 years, Josephson has been using photography to explore ideas about how we view reality. Formally trained under Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, Josephson taught at the School of The Art Institute Chicago (SAIC) from 1960 to 1997. During his career, he produced an impressive array of work, ranging from stunning black-and-white prints to striking assemblages to humorous Polaroids. He has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally. A retrospective of his many experiments and inquiries into the nature of photography, including several extensive Series, and other pieces being published for the very first time. Framed by informative essays. The result is not only an exciting explication of Josephson's endless curiosity, but also an important discussion of photography as a modern, flexible, and fully expressive artistic medium" (Publisher's blurb). "He has explored in a thoroughly creative and complex, yet accessible, way the perhaps narrow but infinitely deep gap between actuality and image" (Gerry Badger). An absolute "must-have" title for Kenneth Josephson collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Slipcased Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Kenneth Josephson. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The publisher has also added a Front Dedication Page, which is stamped with the facsimile of the photographer's signature. This title is an art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is Kenneth Josephson's single rarest title, limited to 50 copies only, none of which was sold commercially. Should NOT be confused with the regular trade edition, which was published simultaneously with it. A rare signed copy thus. 72 plates. One of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KENNETH JOSEPHSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21331.

$US 250.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Balterman, Lee (Photographer); Ishimoto, Yasuhiro & Others
Lee Balterman's Chicago

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2006
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 60 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. A brilliant production by David W. Williams: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers, which reproduce a handwritten announcement by the photographer on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Lee Balterman. Message by the late great Japanese photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Essays by Paul Berlanga and Robert Guinan. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meridian Printing Rhode Island in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 2006. Presents Lee Balterman's "Chicago". Some of the finest and most representative images of the city, by one of its most devoted photographic chroniclers. Most photographers come and go; peripatetic restlessness characterizes their work, and it is inherent to their sensibility and oeuvre. But there are a few photographers who stay in one particular place, often a great city, and are identified with it because they choose to do the opposite: Chronicle their beloved city in loving detail. Balterman proudly considered himself a Chicago photographer (just as Helen Levitt was New York City's visual poet), and his subject is memorably summed up by a great writer: "There is an open and raw beauty about that city that seems either to kill or endow one with the spirit of life" (Richard Wright). Yasuhiro Ishimoto died on February 6, 2012 at the age 90. Lee Balterman died on March 16, 2012 at the age of 92. An absolute "must-have" title for Lee Balterman collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Lee Balterman. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Even though he was already in poor health at the time, Balterman signed a few copies through his Chicago gallery. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 46 plates. One of the finest American photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO ART SHAY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21015.

$US 40.00

Daiter, Stephen; Callahan, Harry; Ishimoto, Yasuhiro; Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo; Siskind, Aaron & Others
Light And Vision: Photography At The School Of Design In Chicago, 1937-1952

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 1994
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 67 pages. Exhibition Catalog. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. The first and only edition. Published as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by The Stephen Daiter Gallery: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers, which utilize one of Harry Callahan's classic images, "Light Abstraction, 1947", and with white titles on the spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, a Who's Who of 20th-century American photography. Foreword by Stephen Daiter. Catalog Checklist, Chronology, Biographical Sketches, and Bibliography appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of two landmark exhibitions: As "Light and Vision", held at the Chicago Photographic Print Fair from September 23 through 25, 1994 and as "Moholy-Nagy And His Students: The New Bauhaus", held at The Chicago Cultural Center and the Robert Henry Fine Arts Gallery from September 9 through October 12, 1994. Presents "Light And Vision: Photography At The School of Design In Chicago, 1937-1952". The highly innovative and experimental works that emanated from the Chicago institutions variously named and known as The New Bauhaus, The School of Design, and the Institute of Design (ID). All of these school-iterations offered the most important and influential photography academic programs in the United States from the 1930's through the 1960's. No other photography school or program since then has matched let alone surpassed their achievement or their enduring influence. The works of some of the greatest names in American photography are represented here (the photographs shown in the exhibitions were all vintage prints). The photographers include: Harry Callahan, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Gyorgy Kepes, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Marvin E. Newman, Margaret de Patta, Arthur Siegel, Aaron Siskind, and Henry Holmes Smith, among so many others. Few images were produced with such spirit of innovation and adventure, formal experimentation, and sheer joy in the act of creation. A pioneering work of lasting significance, this Exhibition Catalog precedes by a full decade and is a basis of the first full-fledged, book-length study, "Taken By Design: Photographs From The Institute of Design 1937-1971" (2004), published by the Art Institute of Chicago. An absolute "must-have" title for art photography book collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws even if the dealers do not say so. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white plates. Some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HARRY CALLAHAN, YASUHIRO ISHIMOTO, MARVIN E. NEWMAN, AND AARON SISKIND TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 22273.

$US 40.00

Daiter, Stephen (Publisher) & Palma, Luis Gonzalez (Artist/Photographer)
Luis Gonzalez Palma: "la Luna, 1989" Debut One-man Show Souvenir Poster

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 1989
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. A pristine copy of the Souvenir Poster of the photographer's very first one-man show in the United States. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies only. Poster size is 18 X 24 inches. It is eminently suitable for framing. Printed on thick coated stock paper in Chicago, Illinois to the highest standards. Published on the occasion of the artist/photographer's inaugural exhibition in the United States held at The Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 1989. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "La Luna, 1989". One of his most iconic images and earliest masterpieces. Shows a woman with a carved crescent moon tied around her neck, virtually covering her face. The poetic and erotic associations of the Moon with Woman are universal. As beautiful as the image is, Gonzalez Palma is also alluding to its more oppressive side in the larger context of Latin-American post-colonial, "macho" culture and society, where women, while outnumbering men, continue to be treated as though they were a minority, and remain subject to the obsolete standards of morality that a male-dominated, colonialist society seeks to perpetuate. The Guatemalan artist/photographer is now regarded as one of the most brilliant Latin-American artist/photographers of our time, whose work is widely represented and well-known throughout the world. The late Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez used another image, "La Rosa", for the cover of his great novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This Souvenir Poster is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Luis Gonzalez Palma editions his prints, and does not reissue them once all of the copies are sold. Hence, they command tens of thousands of dollars. In the case of "La Luna, 1994", the prints are no longer readily available. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare poster thus. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine poster. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 4284.

$US 100.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Newman, Marvin E. (Photographer); Silverstein, Al (Contributor)
Marvin E. Newman: The Face Of Sport

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2002
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 14 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most beautiful catalogs on the subject ever published in our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Pictorial softcovers that show a boxer in motion, as issued. Photographs by Marvin E. Newman. Essay by Al Silverman. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 2002. Presents Marvin E. Newman's "The Face of Sports". Some of the photographer's finest and most representative images. One of the toughest photographic projects anyone could possibly undertake, the appeal of taking photographs of athletes in action is that it allows the photographer to show how a still medium can capture and communicate, convincingly and compellingly, movement, motion, and rhythm. Marvin E. Newman's classic, "Uppercut, Blurred Motion, 1960", the photograph on the cover, is a great example of how one feels the force, energy, and vitality of movement, a virtual ballet. The British Renaissance Man, Jonathan Miller, devoted a significant portion of his book, "On Reflection", to the way our eyes are trained to see, not just imagine, movement in art and photography, and ascribes the dramatic changes to our way of seeing to the technical as well as creative advances of photography. An absolute "must-have" title for Marvin E. Newman collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is a Catalog, NOT a full-fledged volume. But its production values and rarity make it eminently collectible. A rare copy thus. Illustrated with color plates and black-and-white reproductions. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARVIN E. NEWMAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 20881.

$US 20.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher) & Newman, Marvin E. (Photographer)
Marvin E. Newman: On The Avenues

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2019
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 50 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most beautiful catalogs ever published on the photographic art and achievement of Marvin E. Newman. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. A brilliant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with wraparound photographic reproduction and black titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Marvin E. Newman. Introduction by Stephen Daiter. Printed on pristine-white, glossy stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from May through July, 2019. Presents Marvin E. Newman's "On The Avenues". Some of the finest and most representative images by the one photographer who mastered the aesthetics and practice of two radically different schools of art photography: The Photo League (its documentary, moral humanism) and the Institute of Design (its Bauhaus-principled, experimental formalism). Newman, who received the very first Master's Degree from ID, "embodies the best characteristics of these institutions: A compassion for his human subjects and an exceptional sense of space and design in his experimental photographs" (Stephen Daiter). "Celebrates Newman's career with over forty vintage black-and-white and color pieces. Features experimental images of inverted sidewalk shadows and manhole covers as well as documentary work from his time in Chicago and upon his return to New York. On view are two more poetic Series from his travels in 1960, of Paris prostitutes and of a small Alaskan village" (Publisher's blurb). This is a Milestone Year for the photographer: It marks the 20th year of his inaugural exhibition at Stephen Daiter Gallery, 70 years since he arrived at the Institute of Design, and the 100th-Year Anniversary of the founding of Bauhaus in Germany (the latter leading to major retrospectives, newly published books in Europe and the United States, and full-fledged profiles in the New York Times and New Yorker Magazine). Marvin E. Newman also turns 92 years old on December 5, 2019. An absolute "must-have" title for Marvin E. Newman collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. It comes with lovely Souvenir Materials of the exhibition. Please note: This is a 46-plate catalog, NOT a full-fledged monograph. But its exemplary production values make it eminently collectible. A scarce copy thus. 46 black-and-white and color plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARVIN E. NEWMAN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 22326.

$US 20.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Newman, Marvin E. & Ishimoto, Yasuhiro (Photographers)
Newman & Ishimoto: Reunion In Chicago: Photographs From 1949-1952

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 1999
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 14 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most beautiful catalogs ever published on the subject. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Marvin E. Newman and Yasuhiro Ishimoto. There is brief Introductory text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the Stephen Daiter Gallery from April 30 through June 12, 1999. Presents "Newman & Ishimoto: Reunion In Chicago: Photographs From 1949-1952". Some of the two photographers' finest and most representative work. Celebrates the 50th anniversary of their close friendship and fruitful collaboration. Their photographs remain some of the finest examples of the "New Vision In Photography", retaining their vitality, formal rigor, and evocative beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Marvin E. Newman and Yasuhiro Ishimoto collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is a Catalog, NOT a full-fledged volume. But its production values and rarity make it eminently collectible. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. Two of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARVIN E. NEWMAN AND YASUHIRO ISHIMOTO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 20890.

$US 20.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher) & Jachna, Joseph D. (Photographer)
Or Water Is: A Photographic Meditation

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2000
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 14 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Joseph D. Jachna and Stephen Daiter Gallery: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs and brief text by Joseph D. Jachna. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from September 29 through November 4, 2000. Presents Joseph D. Jachna's "Or Water Is: A Photographic Meditation". Mysterious yet luminous photographs of bodies of water. "For a decade between the late 1950's and the late 1960's, his desire to photograph water in its many states became a powerful metaphorical tool connecting him, and us, to the elemental richness of life. These photographs provide a calming and meditative experience" (Publisher's blurb). What water is: A metaphor for tranquillity and majesty, for reflection and action. An absolute "must-have" title for Joseph D. Jachna collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tonally rich plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOSEPH D. JACHNA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21069.

$US 20.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher) & Erickson, Robert Donald (Photographer)
Robert Donald Erickson: The Lens Of The Total Designer

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 32 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by David W. Williams: Regular-sized volume format. Plain softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Robert Donald Erickson. Introduction by Diane Erickson. Biography and List of Publications appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In integral pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine and very large flaps, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from November 7, 2003 through January 3, 2004. Presents Robert Donald Erickson's "The Lens of The Total Designer". Some of the photographer's most enduring, most arresting, and most austerely beautiful work. Robert Donald Erickson is best-known as the closest protege of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, the founder of the Institute of Design, the finest photography school ever established in the United States. Erickson was a true Renaissance Man who was a Master of all trades: Nature, science, mathematics, music, art, and foreign languages. He heard about what Moholy-Nagy was doing with photography and decided to see for himself. As he describes it in his notes, it was the turning point of his life. While he continued to create sculptures, paintings, drawings, and strikingly original designs for children's toys, furniture, and jewelry, "the camera has replaced the sketch pencil in my own visual search for the beautiful" (Robert Donald Erickson). Erickson became the very first to graduate with a Master's Degree from the Institute of Design and was one of its most ardent proponents. Hollywood-handsome and charismatic, he taught photography to anyone who cared for his rigorous (but always stimulating) classes: Among his students were Moholy-Nagy's own daughters, Hattula and Claudia, as well as many of today's most established photographers, who have become teachers to the new generation of aspiring art photographers. He also kept taking photographs all his life, assisted by his patient wife, whom he dragged late at night to photograph Chicago's nocturnal landscape, searching for the proper angles and lighting to capture something fresh and original about the mundane Merchandise Mart or the bridges over the Chicago River. After Moholy-Nagy's death, Erickson went through a period of depression. Part of his entire sensibility was that he was always the student par excellence, who needed a mentor even though he had long since found his own distinctive voice and style. He eventually established close ties with the great photographers Nathan Lerner and Harry Callahan as well as visionary teacher/thinkers like Buckminster Fuller and Bruno Bettelheim. The composer Arnold Schoenberg was treated to a private recital of his music (Erickson had a beautiful voice and considered a career in music) and became a lifelong friend. An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Donald Erickson collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. 30 tritone plates. One of the finest American photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. .

Stock number: 9392.

$US 30.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Cook, Rod (Photographer) & Bennette, John (Contributor)
Rod Cook: Photographs

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 1999
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 40 pages. Exhibition Catalog. Retrospective collection of female nudes. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Stephen Daiter Gallery: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Rod Cook. Essay by John Bennette. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago in 1999, which travelled on to other major venues. Presents "Rod Cook: Photographs". His sensuous and erotic female nudes, showcasing, at the same time, his seemingly effortless mastery of the painstaking and difficult Platinum Process. "Spend some time with these photographs please. Give yourself over to the sensuousness of the Platinum Process, the tactile light and shadow in the images, and the sense of quiet it provides" (John Bennette). An absolute "must-have" title for Rod Cook collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Rod Cook. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. 29 duotone plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROD COOK TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21137.

$US 40.00

Daiter, Stephen (Publisher/Gallerist); Weiss, Sabine (Photographer) & Cotsones, Craig (Designer)
Sabine Weiss: Intimate Memory

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2017
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 20 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Craig Cotsones: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Sabine Weiss. Text by Stephen Daiter. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from February 10 through April 29, 2017. Presents "Sabine Weiss: Intimate Memory". The very first solo exhibition of the artist/photographer (who turned 93 in 2017) in the United States since 1954, or sixty-three years later. "Born in 1924 in Switzerland, she has always maintained a fierce independence and a need to strike out on her own. At just eighteen, during a time when being a photographer was not a common profession, especially for a woman, she took off in order to pursue this passion, riding her bicycle to Geneva. Robert Doisneau discovered her photography and asked her to join the humanist-leaning photo agency Rapho, giving her opportunities to work and travel for many other publications such as Time, Life, Newsweek, and Paris-Match. To this day, much of Weiss' work is still unknown to the general public for personal reasons. She explained that she had kept a tight seal on her black-and-white work from the 1950's. For reasons beyond her control, her first and last solo show in United States took place at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954. It wasn't until recently that she was 're-discovered' in Europe, thanks to the 2016 retrospective at the Jeu de Paume Paris. The exhibition revealed Weiss' diverse output as an artist and defined her as the last representative of the French Humanist School of Photography, with the likes of Robert Doisneau, Izis Bidermanas, and Willy Ronis. An insatiable curiosity and lightness of being have continuously driven her life and photographic work. This is reflected in her remarkable vintage photographs of Paris in the Fifties, filled with compassion, playfulness, and a genuine tenderness toward humanity" (Stephen Daiter). The vintage photographs in the show are "my secret garden, my spiritual nest egg which I kept in reserve, my personal and intimate memory". Photography is "an alibi, a pretext for seeing everything, for going everywhere, for communicating with everyone" (Sabine Weiss). An absolute "must-have" title for Sabine Weiss collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Sabine Weiss. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. At the age of 93, Weiss' signature is clean, flowing, and elegant. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Signed copies will always be scarce because Weiss did exactly one public signing, during the Opening Reception only. The only other copy available online, un-signed, is also from us. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the finest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SABINE WEISS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21404.

$US 100.00

Daiter, Stephen; Brandt, Bill; Cartier-Bresson, Henri; Kertesz, Andre; Levitt, Helen & Others
Street: The Aipad Photography Show Catalog

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2013
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Gallery Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a tiny print run as a softcover original only. None of the copies was commercially sold. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now scarce. Published on the occasion of the AIPAD Photography Show New York held from April 4 through 7, 2013. Presents "Street". A gem of a catalog: Some of the best street photographs in the genre's history. "Offers an intimate and arresting array of visual interpretations of life played out on the public thoroughfare. Includes fine examples of vintage prints by significant photographers: Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gyorgy Kepes, Andre Kertesz, William Klein, Helen Levitt, Wayne F. Miller, and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, among others" (Publisher's blurb). For the most part, "street photography" IS photography. An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Gallery Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white plates. Some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ANDRE KERTESZ, WILLIAM KLEIN, AND HELEN LEVITT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 19849.

$US 20.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor); Hine, Lewis; Callahan, Harry; Weston, Edward & Other Photographers
Take Me Home: Photographs From The Heartland To The Coasts

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2012
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 83 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. None of the copies was sold to the public. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. A brilliant production by Adam Holtzman: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, a Who's Who of 20th-century American photography. Except for the Introduction by Stephen Daiter and accompanying Captions, there is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the AIPAD Photography Show held in New York in 2012. Presents "Take Me Home: Photographs From The Heartland To The Coasts". Rich, beautiful, and representative selections from the three major schools of American photography, identified as such by geographic location: The Photo League (New York), the Institute of Design (Chicago), and the West Coast School (California). In sum, THE photographic achievement of the American century, in a "time capsule" catalog that showcases now-iconic work by such New York figures as Lewis Hine, Morris Engel, and Weegee; Chicago legends Harry Callahan, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Kenneth Josephson, Ray K. Metzker, Aaron Siskind, and Charles Swedlund; and California "dreamers" such as Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham, and Edward Weston. Intentionally or not, their various imagery does vividly evoke a specific place in which the photograph was either taken or made. An absolute "must-have" title for art photography collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tonally rich reproductions from vintage photographs. Some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STEPHEN DAITER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 21101.

$US 40.00

Daiter, Stephen (Editor/Publisher); Hine, Lewis W.; Levitt, Helen; Newman, Marvin E. & Others
The Photo League At 75

Imprint: Chicago, IL, Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 135 pages. Memorial Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. None of the copies was sold to the public. Should NOT be confused with "Print On Demand" copies, which proliferate online. This original edition has its own ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Adam Holtzman: Regular-sized volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors. Essay, "Shout Freedom! Why The Photo League Matters", by Catherine Evans. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the AIPAD Photography Show held in New York from March 17 through 21, 2010. The catalog also mourns the death in recent years of such Photo League photographers as Jack Manning, Walter Rosenblum, Morris Engel, and Helen Levitt. Presents "The Photo League At 75". Some of the finest and most representative images of The Photo League. Over the years, Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago patiently collected these unjustly forgotten vintage prints and then facilitated their becoming The Permanent Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art. The initial acquisition of 170 prints has grown to more than 250 as of 2010. Began in 1936 to document the Great Depression, the League lasted for three decades, inspired by its belief in the power of photography to influence and effect social change by presenting "a true image of the world as it is". It was hounded for the same reason during the McCarthy-era witch hunt, its eventual demise sealed by the ensuing Cold War. But the photographs live on as they "resonate not only as stories from the past but also as striking works of art that transcend the written record. They are potent reminders that many of the issues depicted burden our world today" (Catherine Evans). An absolute "must-have" title for Photo League collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Marvin E. Newman. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in are several pristine copies of the Souvenir Materials of the event during which his signature was obtained. This Exhibition Catalog is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with Souvenir Materials) of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: None of the actual copies was sold to the public. Should NOT be confused with "Print On Demand" copies, which proliferate online. This original edition has its own ISBN. A rare copy thus. 60 plates. Some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO "THIS WAS THE PHOTO LEAGUE", HELEN LEVITT, MARVIN NEWMAN, AARON SISKIND, WEEGEE, AND MAX YAVNO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1450565522.

Stock number: 22203. ISBN: 1450565522

$US 70.00