Vintage 1972 Form And Content Algimantas Kezys Photography HC USA Photo Book

Dust jacket shows noticeable shelf wear with rubbing, surface scuffing, and scratch marks on the front panel. Edges and corners of the jacket have creasing, small chips, and short tears, with tiny losses at some corner tips and spine ends; the largely white rear panel displays scattered soiling and handling marks. Hardcover boards beneath remain solid with light edge rubbing and minor corner bumps. Interior endpapers and text pages are clean and unmarked, with photo plates sharp and intact. Binding is tight and secure with all pages firmly attached.

Title: Form and Content.

Author/Photographer: Algimantas Kezys, S.J.

Publisher: Morkunas Printing Co., Chicago, Illinois.

Publication details: Copyright and publication year 1972, as stated on the copyright and title pages.

Format: Hardcover photography book with original illustrated dust jacket.

Genre/Topic: Fine art photography; photographic composition; abstract and documentary black-and-white photography; visual design.

Language: English.

Country of origin: Printed in the United States of America by Morkunas Printing Co., 6051 South Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60636.

Publication notes: Simultaneously published in Lithuanian under the title "Foto Kompozicijos." Library of Congress catalog card number: 72-82257; pre-ISBN era with no ISBN or modern barcode present.

Physical description: Large-format hardcover volume on coated paper, featuring full-page black-and-white photographic plates with generous white margins and clean modern typography.

Contents: Includes a foreword by Hugh Edwards, an introduction by Algimantas Kezys, S.J., and a list of photographs with selected bibliography, followed by a sequence of photographic plates; sample interior images, including portraits, landscapes, architectural scenes, and abstract compositions, are shown in the listing photos.

Special attributes: Early 1970s monograph of Kezys's work, documenting his exploration of form, space, and human presence through high-contrast black-and-white photography; of interest to collectors of photographic art, modernist composition, and Lithuanian-American cultural history.

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