About this title: In 1954 Paul Strand and his wife Hazel spent three months traversing the rugged island of South Uist, off the west coast of Scotland. "Tir a'Mhurain" is a collection of photographs that reflects the impressions they gathered during their stay. Juxtaposing people and landscape, Strand's beautifully sequenced photographs depict the perfect complicity he saw between nature and habitation in this wild terrain. Whether it is a view of the rocks and the sea or a grinning shepherd boy; scudding clouds hanging over seaside houses or the wrinkled face of an old lady framed by a knitted shawl, Strand's ...
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Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780893819934ISBN:089381993X
Description: Illustrated by Paul Strand photography. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 089381993X. Slightest wear; Dust Jacket slightest wear. Crisp oversize hardcover, still in shrinkwrap.; A masterpiece of pictorial brilliance that interweaves the eternal symbols of nature with humankind to create the feeling and experience of life itself. In 1954 Paul Strand and his wife, Hazel, spent three months traversing the rugged island of South Uist, off the west coast of Scotland. Tir a' Mhurain is a collection ... read more
Edition: Second Edition 2nd Imp.
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Aperture, U.S. A
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780893819934ISBN:089381993X
Description: As New in As New jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. WE SPECIALIZE IN PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS. 128 b/w photo plates. Preface Catherine Duncan, Commentary: Basil Davidson. A collection of photographs of people, animals, weather, work and landscape taken by Strand of South Uist in 1954 and published under this title in 1962. A new edition of this sought-after classic work which includes rare images never before published. Richly printed. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Aperture, New York, N.Y. USA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780893819934ISBN:089381993X
Description: New-in New-jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 128 pages-in English-over 80 black and white photographs with a commentary by Basil Davidson-In 1954, Paul Strand and his wife spent three months traversing a remote island of the west coast of Scotland, his photographs depict the perfect complicity he saw between nature and habitation in this wild terrain-This new edition of "Tir A'Mhurain" includes rare images never before published-Table of pictures. 128 pages-en anglais-plus de 80 photographies en ... read more
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