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designed, written and made by hand as a prototype by master photographer Roy DeCarava (b.1919) in the early 1960s, yet unpublished for nearly half a century, The Sound I Saw has largely existed as a legend among the cognoscenti of the photography world.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 ...
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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designed, written and made by hand as a prototype by master photographer Roy DeCarava (b.1919) in the early 1960s, yet unpublished for nearly half a century, The Sound I Saw has largely existed as a legend among the cognoscenti of the photography world.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. DeCarava is a life-long New Yorker who from his immediate world creates images that transcend the specific to depict universal themes of joy, anticipation, pain and survival. Largely unpublished, he was first recognized for his images of daily life in Harlem (the subject of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, his 1955 collaboration with Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes) and portraits of musicians like Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. It is these two themes, Harlem and jazz, interwoven and inseparable, that are the ostensible subject of the book. However, the seemingly casual yet deeply felt compositions and the deep, rich tones of DeCarava's photographs stir emotions that resonate far beyond one neighbourhood and one era.
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Add this copy of Sound I Saw: Improvisation on a Jazz Theme to cart. $41.26, very good condition, Sold by Magers and Quinn Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Phaidon Press.
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Very Good. New/unused. Minor storage scuffs on jacket. Nick at base edge of 2 pages, near centre of book. Contents unread, new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Contains: Illustrations.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Artist. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with almost no wear. SIGNED by the photographer, Roy Decarava, on the verso of the title page and briefly inscribed. Otherwise completely clean. Illustrated thoughout with reproductions of Roy Decarava's black & white photographs of America's most beloved and well known jazz musicians from the 1960's. Stated first edition. Scarce signed. 14" high X 11" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations, black cloth with silver type, slightly scuffed d.w. (New York: Phaidon Press, 2001). First Edition. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed on the verso of the title page.
