weathered beauty of its contemporary landscape
stamped “hurt” inside front cover and red mark at top of text block but otherwise very good with moderate signs of use
evocative plot
As the second edition of of Newhall's first book
documenting a collection of optical sketches and structural experiments where laser light serves simultaneously as the subject and the artistic medium
Burden, Shirley. I Wonder Why... Photographs and text by Shirley Burden. Camera Magazine weathered beauty of its contemporaryDoubleday, 1963. Hardcover in illustrated boards, very good plus, with very good protected dust jacket. In much better condition than usually found. A poetic series of photographs, with text from the point of view of an African American girl who likes what most people do, such as the clouds, sun shining on the water, puppies, Christmas with snow, etc. but wonders why some people do not like her. As explained by Edward Steichen in the quote on the back