A photobook of Bill Burke's travels to Thailand and Cambodia in the 1980s, with collages of photographs, ephemera, and handwritten diary entries.
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A photobook of Bill Burke's travels to Thailand and Cambodia in the 1980s, with collages of photographs, ephemera, and handwritten diary entries.
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Fine. No Jacket. Signed by the photographer. Illustrated boards (no dust jacket, as issued), 39 cm, unpaginated, photographic illustrations throughout.
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Like New. Bill Burke signed large format hardcover in pictorial boards, no jacket as issued as new clean tight and bright. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
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New. No dust jacket as issued. First edition thus (Twin Palms Publishers), first printing. Signed in black marker verso the front free endpaper by Burke, with his personal black 'Actual Signature' and red 'Bînh Fótò' stamps added. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and text by Bill Burke. Unpaginated with numerous four-color and black and white plates, designed by Burke (who also originally made the duotone and halftone separations) while in residency at Nexus Press in 1987. 15-1/4 x 11-1/2 inches. This first Twin Palms edition was limited to 2000 hardbound copies. New in publisher's shrink-wrap (slit open for signature). Since the early 1980s, Bill Burke has photographed extensively in Southeast Asia, focusing primarily in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Burke's haunting and layered examination of the landscape and people is informed by the collective political and social conscience galvanized by the United States' lengthy occupation and annihilation of these regions before, during, and after the Vietnam War. His lifelong desire to connect personally and viscerally to the people he meets sets his work in an altogether separate category from most artists who photograph outside their circumscribed "experience." Neither overtly political nor proscriptive, Burke's work instead recognizes the personal is indeed political. Gone are the cultural stereotypes we have long seen in images of Southeast Asia. Instead we are able to experience the intensity of the individual through Bill Burke's idiosyncratic and careful observation. He obliterates the notion that the "documentary photograph" is a vehicle for "truth" and compellingly shows the viewer that it is always a form of personal or political propaganda. 'I Want to Take Picture' (originally published by Nexus Press in 1987) is a combination artist book and 'travelogue. ' It is considered by many to be one of the very best, disturbing and important books in the history of photography. From Bill Burke (1987): "Each day, I was thinking about practicality, is my pass in order, how do I get there, who do I meet that will get me through. The philosophical thoughts came later. When I realized that I had access to the camps and could see the Khmer Rouge, it was like being able to see the Devil. It seamed to be an incredible opportunity." From an interview with Bill Burke by Willis Hartshorn (New York City, June 1987): "Hartshorn: 'Do you find it problematic that in a politically savage environment your pictures are often ambiguous as to who's good and who's bad? ' Burke: 'I have no problem with ambiguity. Again, all the information is filtered, everything I know about it is secondhand. I know what the refugees at the border say and what books say. I heard how bad the Khmer Rouge were, and then as I read more I found out the other people had been bad too. The people who were victims at one time were victimizing others at another time. There are two sides, the information is slanted, and it's good that people understand that...I would like things to be spelled out clearly so I wouldn't have to think about it. But that's not the way it is. I can't say this is this and that is that. There is no indisputable truth. '" Signed by Author.
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(BURKE, BILL). Burke, Bill. BILL BURKE: I WANT TO TAKE PICTURE. Santa Fe, NM. 1987 (2007): Twin Palms Publishers, First Edition Thus 1/2000. Folio. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket-As Issued. np (60pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. "In 1982, years after Viet Nam, I decided to give myself my own Southeast Asia experience. I wanted to make pictures in a place where I didn't know the rules, where I'd be off balance. Friends who had been there recommended Thailand; nice people, easy transportation, good food. Another friend told me that as long as I was going to Thailand I should go see the refugees coming out of Cambodia. He set me up with The International Rescue Committee, which was working at the Thai-Cambodian border". Published in 1987, "I Want to Take Picture" features black and white images which Burke shot during several trips through Southeast Asia in the early eighties, particularly focusing on the after-effects of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. A pristine copy of the 2007 first Twin Palms printing (whose 1987 first Nexus Press edition is cited on page 19 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 40-41 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 258-259 of "The Book of 101 Books") that was limited to two thousand copies. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight-we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-931885-63-X Inventory Number: 022180.
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As New. Bill Burke: I Want to Take Pictures (Signed & Numbered) color and black and white photographs and text by Bill Burke. Slip case, special limited edition of 100; this is # 75. Unpaginated, hardcover with photographic cover, no dustjacket as issued. 15 1/2" x 11 1/2". Like new. Heavy and oversize so may require extra shipping for anything but US Media Mail.
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New. No dust jacket as issued. First edition thus (Twin Palms Publishers), first printing. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, signed in black marker on the colophon page by Burke, in a black cloth slipcase. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and text by Bill Burke. Unpaginated with numerous four-color and black and white plates, designed by Burke (who also originally made the duotone and halftone separations) while in residency at Nexus Press in 1987. 15-1/4 x 11-1/2 inches. New in publisher's shrink-wrap. Since the early 1980s, Bill Burke has photographed extensively in Southeast Asia, focusing primarily in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Burke's haunting and layered examination of the landscape and people is informed by the collective political and social conscience galvanized by the United States' lengthy occupation and annihilation of these regions before, during, and after the Vietnam War. His lifelong desire to connect personally and viscerally to the people he meets sets his work in an altogether separate category from most artists who photograph outside their circumscribed "experience." Neither overtly political nor proscriptive, Burke's work instead recognizes the personal is indeed political. Gone are the cultural stereotypes we have long seen in images of Southeast Asia. Instead we are able to experience the intensity of the individual through Bill Burke's idiosyncratic and careful observation. He obliterates the notion that the "documentary photograph" is a vehicle for "truth" and compellingly shows the viewer that it is always a form of personal or political propaganda. 'I Want to Take Picture' (originally published by Nexus Press in 1987) is a combination artist book and 'travelogue. ' It is considered by many to be one of the very best, disturbing and important books in the history of photography. From Bill Burke (1987): "Each day, I was thinking about practicality, is my pass in order, how do I get there, who do I meet that will get me through. The philosophical thoughts came later. When I realized that I had access to the camps and could see the Khmer Rouge, it was like being able to see the Devil. It seamed to be an incredible opportunity." From an interview with Bill Burke by Willis Hartshorn (New York City, June 1987): "Hartshorn: 'Do you find it problematic that in a politically savage environment your pictures are often ambiguous as to who's good and who's bad? ' Burke: 'I have no problem with ambiguity. Again, all the information is filtered, everything I know about it is secondhand. I know what the refugees at the border say and what books say. I heard how bad the Khmer Rouge were, and then as I read more I found out the other people had been bad too. The people who were victims at one time were victimizing others at another time. There are two sides, the information is slanted, and it's good that people understand that...I would like things to be spelled out clearly so I wouldn't have to think about it. But that's not the way it is. I can't say this is this and that is that. There is no indisputable truth. '" Signed by Author.
Edition:
Limited signed edition with original photograph
Publisher:
Twin Palms Publishers
Published:
2007
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
15005641850
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Very good condition. Tall case. Number 22 of 35 signed and numbered copies of the second edition. Produced using the original halftone and duotone films made by the author from the 1987 Nexus Press edition. Numbered and signed in rear of book. Photograph is KPNLF fighter Thai Cambodia border and signed on rear laid in separate portfolio in clam shell box. C267.
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