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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — February 2008
Arrangement is by title.

Class pictures; photographs.

Bey, Dawoud.
Aperture Foundation Corp., ©2007    163 p.    $45.00    TR681
978-1-59711-043-3

Bey (photography, Columbia College Chicago) presents 60 of his color portraits taken from 2003 to 2006 of students at high schools across the US who are from different economic, social, and ethnic groups. Each photo is accompanied by a brief autobiographical statement that the student wrote at the beginning of the sitting. Essays on Bey's work and the pictures themselves, as well as an interview with the photographer, are also provided. There is no index. Distributed by Distributed Art Publishers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Czech Eden.

Monteith, Matthew.
Aperture Foundation Corp., ©2007    80 p.    $40.00    TR655
978-1-59711-032-7

The people, buildings, and landscape of Czechoslovakia are captured with art and frankness in the impressive photos of the young American Montieth (he received an MFA from Yale in 2004). An introduction to the collection is provided by Prague author Ivan Klíma. The photos are presented in full-page plates in an oversize format (11.25x9.75 inches). Distributed by Distributed Arts Publishers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Domestic landscapes; a portrait of Europeans at home.

Teunissen, Bert.
Aperture Foundation Corp., ©2007    135 p.    $50.00    TR655
978-1-59711-040-2

Teunissen, a photographer based in the Netherlands, traveled from 1996 through 2005 in search of un-modernized and often exceedingly humble residences in small towns in Europe with the desire to recreate in photographs of them the warmth and beauty he associates with the lost home of his childhood. Within each residence, he photographed the main cooking and eating space, with the inhabitants seated silently, often at the table. The result is an astonishing collection of portraits in which time has seemingly stopped before the invention of electricity, or central heating. Presented in an oversize volume (13.25x10.5 inches), in full-size color plates of the best quality. Not indexed. Distributed by Distributed Art Publishers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Koudelka.

Koudelka, Josef.
Aperture Foundation Corp., ©2006    275 p.    $65.00    TR654
978-1-59711-030-3

The b&w photography of the Paris-based photographer are showcased in full-page, double-page, and fold-out plates in this handsome, oversize volume (11.75x11.5 inches). Though some early works dabble in abstraction, most are dark, sad, and monumental representations of subject matter that ranges from Gypsies in Eastern Europe to bleak landscapes on the French coast. Distributed by Distributed Art Publishers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)