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Jeff Liao: Habitat 7, Special Limited Edition (with Type-C Print, "42nd Street, Times Square, Manhattan" Variant)

Publisher: Portland, Oregon: Nazraeli Press, 2007
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1590051955
Condition: New / No dust jacket as issued
Item #: 105068

$1,000.00

Specifics

First edition, first printing. Special limited edition of 10 copies, (this being #10/10) signed and hand-numbered in black ink on the title page by Liao, with an original Type C-print ("42nd Street, Times Square, Manhattan") signed in black ink on verso by Liao and contained in a purple cloth-covered clamshell box. (Image size 9-3/4 x 23-3/8 inches; paper size 12 x 24 inches).

Hardcover. Fine purple cloth-covered boards with title stamped in white on front cover, no dust jacket as issued; contained in a printed cardboard carrying case. Photographs by Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao. Essays by Anne Wilkes Tucker and Tom Finkelpearl. Unpaginated (100 pp.), with 47 four-color plates (including two 2-page spreads) exquisitely printed on heavy matte paper. 12 x 24 inches.

Condition

New in publisher's packaging (opened only for signature).

Description

From the publisher: "One of the main arteries between Queens and Manhattan is the IRT 7 subway and rail line. Jeff Liao lives along this route, and takes the train every day. Over the course of many journeys, he has developed a connection with his fellow passengers, many of them fellow immigrants who, he believes, share his dream of a better life in America. Liao walked the length of the line and selected locations where there was evidence of the 7, even if there was no train in sight. These photographs show wide sweeps of the neighborhood with such an amazing depth and perspective that it is a surprise to learn that he does not use a panoramic camera. Instead, he makes several 8 x 10 negatives of the same scene and combines them digitally, taking up to 60 hours to complete one composition. His technique is as breathtaking as the pictures he produces, and is described in greater detail in the essays by Anne Wilkes Tucker and Tom Finkelpearl. Jeff Liao was born in Taiwan and moved to New York in 1999. Habitat 7 is Liao's first monograph."