The teenage athletes in Luke Smalley's pictures seem inhabitants of some time or place other than the northwestern Pennsylvania towns where the photographer recently found and photographed them. For the past ten years the photographer has painstakingly coordinated the creation of the work presented here, often making his own athletic equipment, props, and costumes. The images are published here for the first time.
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The teenage athletes in Luke Smalley's pictures seem inhabitants of some time or place other than the northwestern Pennsylvania towns where the photographer recently found and photographed them. For the past ten years the photographer has painstakingly coordinated the creation of the work presented here, often making his own athletic equipment, props, and costumes. The images are published here for the first time.
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Near Fine / Near Fine. Quarto, 11 in. x 8.25 in., Unpaginated. Gray cloth boards with black title to front and spine. Dustjacket protected in mylar. From the publisher: The teenage athletes in Luke Smalley's pictures seem inhabitants of some time or place other than the northwestern Pennsylvania towns where the photographer recently found and photographed them. The sensuality of these young athletes seems familiar, their gaze immediate and direct, yet their otherworldly quality remains a product of the artist's unique vision. No telephone or television seems possible in this not-quite-familiar landscape. For the past ten years the photographer has painstakingly coordinated the creation of these works, often making his own athletic equipment, props, and costumes. Luke Smalley (1955-2009) was an American photographer known for capturing boys in adolescence and as a talented art director famous for creating "playful images that explored the intersections between fashion and masculinity". His work, which pairs a coolly minimalist aesthetic with a retro nostalgia, centers around his tongue-in-cheek take on the journey for truth inside the lives of small town youth, especially athletic, all-American, young men. Many of the photographs are homoerotic, yet sexually ambivalent and never perverse.
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Good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dustjacket wrapped in protective sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. 96 pages with 85 duotone plates. Hardcover, bound in gray-green cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Binding is tight, edges and corners on the boards are sharp, dustjacket is bright and unblemished, further protected by a Mylar sleeve, and interior is clean and free of markings. Elegantly produced and designed with the customary highest quality by Jack Woody.
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Like New. Limited First Edition signed by Luke Smalley on title page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.
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Fine. Signed. First Edition. An as new copy of this SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of only 50 copies produced. No DJ as issued, but housed inside a nice clamshell case. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting.