Author: Pierre Borhan
Title: The Sea: An Anthology of Marine Photography Since 1843
Description: Paris, Flammarion, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first English language edition of this vast anthology of maritime photography from French curator Pierre Borhan. First English language edition, published simultaneously with the true first French edition. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs, most of which are in colour. A vast anthology of maritime photography from 1843, with chapters on sea shore and sea people, adventures on the high seas, the sea through the eyes of avant-gardes and aesthetes, life at sea, the "skin" of the sea, the voyage, other places, and the forgotten land. Displaying the true life force of the ocean with pictures that convey the ancient element of water. Compiled by Pierre Borhan, a French writer, curator, and art collector who was the former editor in chief of Cliches magazine, as well as director of photographic heritage at the French Ministry of Culture. In the original cream cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with minor wear to the panel edges and light sunning to the spine. With the original paper covered slip case which is also very smart with minor wear and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Sea Anthology Marine Photography Anthology Various