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Evocations of Place: The Photography of Edwin Smith
Robert Elwall
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Description for Evocations of Place: The Photography of Edwin Smith
Paperback. The first major study of Edwin Smith's work for over twenty years, and the first to put his work into its photographic and cultural context. Includes many rarely seen images as well as previously unpublished correspondence. Num Pages: 180 pages, 181 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 994.
Hailed by the poet and architectural historian Sir John Betjeman as "a genius at photography", Edwin Smith (1912 - 1971) was one of Britain's foremost photographers. At the time of his death he was widely regarded as without peer in his sensitive renditions of historic architecture and his empathetic evocations of place. The recurrent themes of Smith's work - a concern for the fragility of the environment; an acute appreciation of the need to combat cultural homogenization by safeguarding regional diversity; and a conviction that architecture should be rooted in time and place - are as ... Read more
Hailed by the poet and architectural historian Sir John Betjeman as "a genius at photography", Edwin Smith (1912 - 1971) was one of Britain's foremost photographers. At the time of his death he was widely regarded as without peer in his sensitive renditions of historic architecture and his empathetic evocations of place. The recurrent themes of Smith's work - a concern for the fragility of the environment; an acute appreciation of the need to combat cultural homogenization by safeguarding regional diversity; and a conviction that architecture should be rooted in time and place - are as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
993g
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781858946382
SKU
V9781858946382
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99-50
About Robert Elwall
ROBERT ELWALL was Photographs Curator at the British Architectural Library, Royal institute of british Architects, London. His acclaimed book Building with Light: The International History of Architectural Photography (Merrell, 2004) was shortlisted for the prestigious CICA and Banister Fletcher book awards. IRENA MURRAY is Senior Research Associate at The British Architectural Library.
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