Author: Land-Weber, Ellen.
Title: The Passionate Collector. With an Introduction by Walter Benjamin.
Description: NY: Simon and Schuster. (1980). (1980). - Oblong 4to, pictorial white wraps (lightly soiled; corners lightly creased; small label removed from front wrap) with B&W illustrations on both wraps. 127 pp. (remainder mark on fore-edge). Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good.

First edition.

"..One day I realized that to be a photographer is to be a collector..I decided to collect collectors--photographically, of course.." [Author's Preface]. Over a two-year period, Land-Weber traveled to 40 states and photographed 152 collectors whose passions included beer cans, angels, anvils, escutcheons, dolls, horses, insects and maps of Transylvania, among many others. Very good .

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHER; ELLEN LAND-WEBER; COLLECTING; COLLECTORS; HOBBIES; WALTER BENJAMIN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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