The theme of Walls and Windows encompasses a wide range of subject matter: mannequins in shop windows, fragments of torn posters, shop fronts, urban building sites. Despite their diversity, the photographs in this collection display some of the central preoccupations of Dorothy Bohm's work: an acute sense of observation for the detail of everyday life; a fascination with surfaces and reflections, and an eye for painterly textures; a subtle, often witty exploration of spatial ambiguity; and the ability to capture the moment, ...
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The theme of Walls and Windows encompasses a wide range of subject matter: mannequins in shop windows, fragments of torn posters, shop fronts, urban building sites. Despite their diversity, the photographs in this collection display some of the central preoccupations of Dorothy Bohm's work: an acute sense of observation for the detail of everyday life; a fascination with surfaces and reflections, and an eye for painterly textures; a subtle, often witty exploration of spatial ambiguity; and the ability to capture the moment, to encapsulate in a single image the mood of a place.
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Near Fine + in Near Fine- jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Produced in association with The Royal Photographic Society Bath for a 1998 exhibition. Blue boards with white lettering on spine. 112 pages with 79 colour plates, essays, artist biography and list of plates. Square 8vo (9" x9"). The illustrated clean & tear-free dust jacket has some slight curling/wear at upper & lower edges. Extra shipping may be required.