Poetics of distortion : panoramic photographs of the San Francisco bay area / Thomas R. Schiff.

Main entry:

Schiff, Thomas R., photographer.

Title & Author:

Poetics of distortion : panoramic photographs of the San Francisco bay area / Thomas R. Schiff.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[Novato CA] : Goff Books, an imprint of ORO Editions, [2019]
©2019

Description:

174 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 44 cm

Notes:
Place of publication from publisher website.
A conversation with Thomas R. Schiff / Dave Christensen -- Space for collected things -- Iconic space -- Space for knowing -- Elusive symmetry / Tim Culvahouse -- Bent space -- Nowhere space -- A good view in all directions / Susan Ehrens -- Space for light & story -- Official space -- The shape of space / Wendy Lesser -- Space for the picturesque -- Space for the unseen.

Summary:

Thomas R. Schiff's vivid panoramic photographs capture the iconic buildings and landscapes of San Francisco and the Bay Area in new and surprising ways. From the Golden Gate Bridge to Coit Tower, they offer a refreshing perspective on familiar places and reveal unexpected treasures in everyday ones. With essays on photography, perception, and architecture by Susan Ehrens, Wendy Lesser, and Tim Culvahouse, and an author interview by Dave Christensen, The Poetics of Distortion: Panoramic Photographs of the San Francisco Bay Area is a mind-bending, eye-opening, very San Francisco journey.

ISBN:

9781943532162 (hardcover)
1943532168 (hardcover)

Subject:

Photography, Panoramic.
Photographie panoramique.
San Francisco (Calif.) Pictorial works.
San Francisco (Calif.)
California San Francisco.

Form/genre:

photobooks.
Photobooks
Pictorial works
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Panoramic photographs of the San Francisco Bay area

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 304710
Call No.: BIB 250361
Status: Available

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