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Invented Landscapes of Coney Island
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2017
13
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55
Pages
$ 65
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New: New directly from publisher or artist.
As New: The book is in pristine, original condition as when published. This grade may apply to older books that have been carefully stored, never shelved, thumbed, or opened.
Fine: A Fine book is nearly As New in condition but without being crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but shows no defects to the book, jacket, or pages.
Near Fine: A book approaching Fine (or As New) but with a couple of very minor defects or faults, which must be noted by the seller
Very Good: A book showing small signs of wear but no tears on either binding or paper. The book maintains its structural integrity, and any defects must be noted by the seller.
Good: Describes a book with average wear while maintaining complete text pages. The book is intact and readable, but shows signs of use. Any defects must be noted by the seller.
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A unique 12"×9″ book with spot glossed Plike cover and translucent-vinyl slipcase with nineteenth-century engraving designs, and 55 spot varnished plates that replicate the gloss and matte effects of the original collage pieces
Signed copy of Carlos Diaz: Invented Landscapes of Coney Island and Carnival Attendants
Carlos Diaz’s early 1980s carnival worker images and his Invented Landscapes are brought together for the first time in a beautifully presented volume published in 2017 by Obscura Land.
Diaz’s Invented Landscapes work spans three decades, starting with images he captured in the early 1980s at Coney Island in New York City. Although in today’s world one might think these images were generated digitally, Diaz began creating the Invented Landscapes a decade before Adobe® Photoshop® software was on the scene. The original collages combine silver halide prints with vintage nineteenth-century industrial engravings that he painstakingly cut by hand from books and other printed materials. He then carefully integrated the drawings with the photos to create these fantastical images.
The book includes essays from renowned photo critic, A. D. Coleman, and historian, Mary McNichols, PhD, as well as an artist statement by Diaz.
There are a total of fifty-five plates in this book: thirty-three Invented Landscapes, eleven carnival workers, nine postcards from early twentieth-century Coney Island, and two reproductions of original Coney Island tickets.
Like all projects produced by Obscura Land, the book has unique features that make it a work of art in and of itself. The first thing to note is that the 12×9″ book comes in a translucent-vinyl slipcover with solid white silhouettes of the nineteenth-century engravings printed on it. The cover of the book is a bright orange, archival Plike paper that has a great tactile feel. The title and selected silhouettes are spot varnished to appear like a watermark on the front and back cover of the book. All of these features make the book inviting and pleasant to hold in your hands.
The inside pages of the book are coated with a matte finish, which allows the original black-and-white photographs of Coney Island to pop with a subtle glossy finish. This allows the nineteenth-century engravings to appear matte and the photos to appear glossy—just as the original collages would if you were looking at them in person.
This is a truly beautiful and unique book.