John Hedgecoe's Nude Photography Book - Vintage 1984 First Edition Hardcover with Dust Jacket | Photography Guide, Art Reference & Collector's Item for Photographers and Art Enthusiasts

Hedgecoe, John. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1984 . 

English, 1st Edition, Very Good, HC 4to 12 1/4" x 8 3/4" 224 pp.

ISBN: 0671523260

Very Good grey cloth over boards, white lettering stamped to spine and front cover, sunning to edges, lightly bumped tips and top and bottom of spine, dent to bottom edge of front cover, 1/4" dark circular stain affecting front pastedown through title page, else clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. Very Good grey dustjacket, featuring full color photograph to front panel, four color photos to back panel, white lettering to front, spine, and back panels, light sunning to edges, minor shelf wear, but protected by a paper-backed Brodart sleeve. 224 pp. replete with full color and black-and white images of various forms of nude photography, also includes an Introduction, and five chapters covering Form and Expression, Mood and Atmosphere, Perception and Response, Fantasy and Illusion, and Equipment and Techniques. From the dustjacket: "A visual masterpiece, [this book] transcends the genre of "art books" by offering invaluable instruction for all photographers...This fascinating insight into the working methods of a master photographer makes [this book] a collector's item as a reference tool as well as for its aesthetic contribution."