Johsel Namkung z a Retrospective |
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Author:
| Namkung, Johsel |
Photographer:
| Namkung, Johsel |
Foreword by:
| Wolfe, Art Brown, Elizabeth |
Designed by:
| Cosgrove Editions, |
ISBN: | 978-0-9779787-1-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
Publisher: | Cosgrove Editions
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Johsel Namkung ¿ A Retrospective is an award winning tome containing one hundred landscape photographs selected from the long career of this Master Photographer from the Pacific Northwest. This magnificent book is bound in silk, simply and elegantly designed, and when opened is nearly three feet wide. It is printed on extra heavy archival quality paper, using ultra high resolution state-of-the-art Stochastic screening as befits the intricate detail of Johsel's large format negatives....
More DescriptionJohsel Namkung ¿ A Retrospective is an award winning tome containing one hundred landscape photographs selected from the long career of this Master Photographer from the Pacific Northwest. This magnificent book is bound in silk, simply and elegantly designed, and when opened is nearly three feet wide. It is printed on extra heavy archival quality paper, using ultra high resolution state-of-the-art Stochastic screening as befits the intricate detail of Johsel's large format negatives. This book is itself a work of art.
Born in 1919, the Preface traces Johsel Namkung's life in photography and in music. It includes his family history, his early training as a classical vocalist in Korea and Japan, his life in China during WWII, his emigration to the US after the WWII, and his transition to a life of photography.
The book also includes an Exhibition Chronology and a list of Selected Art Collections.