THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE BEST-OF-PHOTOBOOKS AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com, Cologne, Germany. We guarantee detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance and of course combined shipping - worldwide. Fantastic photobook by Mitch Epstein ('Family Business', 'American Power', 'Berlin') - in BRANDNEW CONDITION + SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Signed by Mitch Epstein. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE. 'Mitch Epstein, born 1952, is among America's finest contemporary photographers. Two of the most powerful series upon which his reputation rests are Recreation (1973-1988) and American Power (2003), sequences that attempt to make fundamental statements about the U.S. by scrutinizing how its citizens spend their leisure and how its energy industry operates. This publication examines the development of Epstein's work through the example of these two very different series. Recreation exemplifies traditional American street photography in its sometimes ironized depiction of everyday circumstances, where American Power critiques the energy industry and its interventions in nature in much bolder gestures--cooling towers and oil refineries dominate the picture frame, riding roughshod over all rules of proportion and dwarfing anything in their vicinity. Here, in 80 color images selected from these series, Epstein's development is traced, from major protagonist of the American color photography boom to leading commentator on the state of the nation.' New, mint, unread; only opened once for signature. COLLECTOR'S CONDITION. 'Mitch Epstein, born 1952 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, numbers among America’s outstanding contemporary photographers. This publication examines the development of his oeuvre on the basis of two very different series of photographs.' (from the publisher) Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern. 2010. First edition, first printing. Hardcover (as issued). 253 x 376 mm. 120 pages. 59 colour Photos: Mitch Epstein. Text: Christoph Schreier, Giesela Parak, Stephan Berg. Text: German, English. Great photobook by Mitch Epstein in perfect condition - signed by the artist. Published on the occassion of the exhibition at 'Kunstmuseum Bonn' (11th of november 2010 till 23rd of january 2011). 'Recreatio - American Photographs (1973-88) represents traditional American Street Photography and depicts everyday situations, quintessential testimony to life in the United States in the seventies and eighties. The open nature of a pluralistic society, one that decades later seems to have lost its fortuity, is documented in the randomness of the encounters. This is implied in the title of the second photoseries American Power, which Epstein began in 2003. It draws attention to one of the major power conglomerates in America, the energy industry, one that intervenes not only in society, but in nature as well, transforming them both in the process. Cooling towers and refineries dominate the images, breaking all rules of proportion and degrading everything else around them to the status of insignificant marginalia.' (from the publisher)