Ben Shahn, Photographer

Edited with an introduction by Margaret R. Weiss. 82 black and white photographs . 8vo pp. 76 n.n. Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket) Sovracoperta leggermente sciupata ai margini con piccoli strappi riparati (Some chipping and nicks around top and bottom of dust jacket) Molto Buono (Very Good) Ben Shahn, Photographer is the first book devoted exclusively to Shahn's photographs. It contains a careful selection of some of Shahn's finest efforts in the medium along with an introductory essay that outlines the development of Shahn's interest in photography. All the photographs selected for this volume were taken during the 1930s for Rod Stryker's great Farm Security Administration project, aimed to estabilishing a visual record of life and culture in rural America.