Celebrating "lost masterpieces" of vernacular photography

Walther, Thomas (collector). Fineman, Mia (contributing editor)

[VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY]. Other Pictures: Anonymous Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Twin Palms, 2000. First Edition. Small 4to. 142 numbered photographs + texts. Original dark gray cloth, original dust-wrapper (MMA price sticker on back of jacket). NOT ex-library! Near Fine. Item #4154

PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO BERNARD ("BERND") BRESLAUER IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION.

"With dedication and intensity, Thomas Walther, a visionary collector of photography, has been sorting through the seemingly superfluous vernacular photography of this century. Other Pictures is his selection of over 150 [recte: 142] unique images from his 'other' collection, his collection of found images. They are perfectly presented here, giving us the opportunity to appreciate and muse over these singular anonymous masterpieces, images as indelible as any created by the most democratic of tools-the camera."

From the Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana, with bookplate loosely inserted along with several contemporary newpaper reviews.

Price: $100.00