Halifax: The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1984. First edition. Xv, 259pp; b&w illus. 4to. Sewn in wraps with matching dust jacket. Moderate corner wear to book and jacket; rubbing along jacket hinges, with 1-inch split at base of front hinge; one sharp crease to spine (leaves open more readily, but binding otherwise unaffected). About very good, with errata slip laid in.
First edition of this important meditation on the photographic act by American photographer and writer Allan Sekula (1951-2013); five critical essays and five "photo works" exploring through a Marxist lens the relationship between photography and material culture. Republished by Mack in 2016.
