The Sound I Saw
New York: Phaidon Press, 2003. First edition. 13 x 10.5 inches. 208 pages. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial wrappers. Some shelf wear; a few internal markings. Item #411303
ISBN: 9780714843315
"This is the long-awaited publication of a moving masterwork by one of the greatest photographers of our time. Conceived, designed, written and made by hand as a prototype by master photographer Roy DeCarava (b.1919) in the early 1960s, yet unpublished for nearly half a century, The Sound I Saw has largely existed as a legend among the cognoscenti of the photography world. Presented as a stream of 196 soulful images interspersed with DeCarava's own evocative poetry, the book is, in its form and effect, the printed equivalent of jazz. "This is a book about people, about jazz, and about things. The work between its covers tries to present images for the head and for the heart and, like its subject matter, is particular, subjective, and individual," writes the author" (the publisher).
Price: $50.00