scott_killian1 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Does anyone know how many volumes of Weston's Daybooks were published? I have Volume I. Mexico and II. California, but this is all I've ever seen and searchs on Yahoo don't bring up much information. These are obviously out of print and finding them can be tough, but I can't determine if there were more of them made. Any details would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per_volquartz1 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 I and II only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_atherton2 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 "These are obviously out of print and finding them can be tough, but I can't determine if there were more of them made." Well, they haven't been out of print that long try Photoeye for the two in one paperback Aperture edition Othere than that www.abe.com should have a long list for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_pollock1 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 ...sigh.... Ever since I first read them 30 years ago, I've wanted a nice cloth bound set of the original Eastman House edition. Maybe Santa will bring them this year. AbeBooks (previous posting) has lots of editions/versions listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Apparently they are indeed out of print. For three years I've put orders in at various booksellers for hardbacked versions to replace my elderly paperbacks. So far, no one has been able to deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan brewer Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 I've had great luck with these folks in finding out of the way books...............http://www.alibris.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan brewer Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Go 2 http://www.alibris.com, type in author and title, click on one of the editions offered, they'll list versions available, they seem to have a few of the editions from Eastman house.............Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_lipka3 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 For out of print books, I favor www.bookfinder.com. It does include the alibris.com sites, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey_james Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 There is an interesting piece on Weston and his girlfriend/models in by Janet Malcolm in the current New York Review of Books. It touches on the daybooks, which Weston said gave a false view of his character because he generally only wrote to vent and let off steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_sampson Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 There were only two volumes of Daybooks. It's a sad thing that they should ever go out of print. However, there has been a great deal written about Weston, some of which is worth the effort to read. The most recent (and perhaps best) is the book "Through Another Lens", by Weston's second wife and most famous model, Charis Wilson. Highly recommended . Also of interest would be a collection of essays called "EW 100", published in 1986 at the centennial of Weston's birth; and there is also a collection of his own writing, "The Edward Weston Omnibus" (which I have not read). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_freeman Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Another great book to really see inside his photographic philosophy is "edward weston on photography". It contains his essays on portraiture, trees....has his artist statements. A really great collection of writings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triblett_lungre_thurd Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 malcolm... feh, how wrong is she about Bellocq? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_atherton2 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Tribble, Expound please? "malcolm... feh, how wrong is she about Bellocq?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_walsh2 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Recommendation: A new and interesting book I read last week is "The Illuminating Mind In American Photography: Stieglitz, Weston, Strand and Adams" It's written by that guy whose name I can't recall right now. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_clark4 Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 David Peeler is the author of the above book. And it is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triblett_lungre_thurd Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 http://www.corpse.org/issue_10/gallery/bellocq/index.htm warning, the above website has tasteful nudes... me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struan_gray Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 Tribby. Do you mean Malcolm was wrong in the NYR article (which hasn't made it to this side of the atlantic yet) or elsewhere? The link you give says nothing about her opinion whatsoever. I usually enjoy what Malcolm writes about photography, so if you can take time out from your Acer-on-Acid induced puking I'd be interested in more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struan_gray Posted November 23, 2002 Share Posted November 23, 2002 OK, I found it - or, at least, the reference. That issue is kitty litter long ago, so thoughts still welcome. Chunk blowing you can keep to yourself. TTFN, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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