WEGMAN, WILLIAM FAY.
Author: Reeves, Howard W., ed
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 127
Illustrations: 146 Color Illustrations. 16 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 11 1/2”x 9”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 786864869
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5602
Price: $19.50
Always celebrated for his photographic works and paintings starring weimaraner Man Ray, Wegman resisted getting another dog after Man Ray died in 1982. Then he fell in love at first sight with a dog named Cinnamon Girl, and inspired by a dream, he adopted her and called her Fay Ray. Still he had no intention of photographing her. Fay didn’t adjust well to city life, and Wegman almost sent her back, but she lost all her nervousness in front of the camera, and the artist realized he had another star on his hands. This is a profoundly loving and beautifully illustrated tribute to Fay’s life, in many ways retrieving Wegman’s artistic sensibilities from the excesses of corny humor in some of his weimaraner-infested film and book projects. The images here capture the delicate and changeable nature of Fay’s working career; her intelligence and temperament; her whelping of the next generation of canine hams, including Batty, Chundo, and Crooky; and her sudden decline in 1995 with canine leukemia.
WEGMAN, WILLIAM POLAROIDS.
Author: Himmel, Eric, ed
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 231
Illustrations: 194 Color Illustrations. 24 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 14 1/2”x 12”
Weight: 5.00
ISBN: 810934809
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 5482
Price: $39.50
For almost 25 years, this artist (b.1943) has been producing amazingly inventive photographs with the 20x24-inch Polaroid camera. This extraordinary body of work began in 1979, when Wegman - already well-known in the art world for his wry video and conceptual photographic work - was invited by Polaroid to try out this unusual camera. When Wegman and his dog, Man ray, traveled together to Boston to use the camera for the first time, a remarkable collaboration was launched. After Man Ray died in 1982, he continued his exploration of the medium with non-canine subjects. In the late 1980s, he began to work with the dog Fay Ray and an expanding universe of her progeny. This book gathers together the best of his work - hundrds of unique, large-format photographs - with an insightful and candid essay by the artist exploring his experiences with the camera and his exceptional models.
WEGMAN, WILLIAM.
Author: Nilsson, Bo
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/ English captions & biography
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 80
Illustrations: 12 Color Illustrations. 6 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9515319625
Biblio/Bio: Bio. Cat. of exh.
Code: 5291
Price: $16.50
From William Wegman`s Wag the Dog exhibited in Helsinki Museum of Modern Art in 1999 including “scenes” with the Weimaraners, Wegman’s favorite photographic subject matter.
Wegman, William: FUNNEY / STRANGE.
Author: Simon, Joan
Country: Connecticut
Language: English
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 292
Illustrations: 133 Color Illustrations. 153 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/2” x 7 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9780300114447
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index. Bio.
Code: 6442
Price: $19.50
This fascinating book reveals the full range of William Wegman’s art. Beloved by the general public for signature photographs of his troupe of Weimaraners, Wegman is also an immensely important figure in the contemporary art world. A pioneer video-maker, conceptualist, performer, photographer, painter, draftsman, and writer, Wegman moves fluidly among various media: from conceptual works to commissioned magazine shots; from videos shown in museums to television segments made for Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live; from artist’s books parodying nineteenth-century naturalist studies to children’s books revealing tongue-in-cheek portraits of town and country life; from photographic “landscapes” employing his canine muses to his most recent cycle of landscapes combining found scenic souvenir postcards with drawing, collage, and painting. Underlying all his creations is the light humor of “funny” mediating the darker human comedy of “strange.” Speaking to the absurdities of daily life, Wegman’s work is universally appealing. Funny/Strange is the first retrospective volume to consider the artist’s entire career from the 1960s to the 2000s and is an essential book for any fan of Wegman’s work. Includes complete exhibition history. Descriptions of all films and videos.
Widstrand, Staffan: WILD SWEDEN. Exploring an Outdoor Wonderland
Author: Widstrand, Staffan
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 215
Illustrations: 136 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 11 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9789113017730
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6530
Price: $89.50
Join photographer Staffan Widstrand on a fantastic image Odyssey, to the wild side of Sweden. Through mythical old-growth forests, wild mountain ranges and unique archipelagoes. Meeting its most charismatic wildlife inhabitants and trying out the best of the best of Sweden's outdoor adventure travel possibilities. Wilderness dog sledding, reindeer trekking with the Saami in Lapland, fly fishing for trout and arctic char, wolf tracking, archipelago sea kayaking, horse riding treks, white water rafting, reindeer sledding, seal safari, canoeing, bird watching, midwinter camping expeditions, timber rafting, long-distance ice skating, farm stays, family adventures, mountain biking, tall ship sailing, moose safari, bear watching, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, moose hunting, snowshoeing, wilderness hiking and camping... and a lot more Northern adventures.