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Posted: 09 Apr 2020

Taken: 11 Oct 2015

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Evelyn Hofer •
Canon EOS 40D •
Lacock Abbey •
second hand •
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Carl Zeiss Jena •
standard lens •
Benjamin Carter •
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sphinx •
50mm •
B&W •
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book •
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M42 •

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Having bought the book in the secondhand bookshop at Lacock Abbey, I felt an unstoppable urge to photograph it under Benjamin Carter's sphinx which is supported by the plinth in the picture.
The book is open at a reproduction of Evelyn Hofer's 'Portrait in Windowlight' photographed in 1969.
Secondhand books are seldom described as 'used' or (worse) 'pre-loved'. I need to analyse why this is so, and whether it means books are held in high or low esteem generally.

Photographed with a 50mm f/2.8 vintage Tessar lens on a Canon EOS 40D.

Sylvain Wiart, Steve Bucknell, aNNa schramm, Pics-UM and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Jean-luc Drouin
Jean-luc Drouin club
J'ai toute la collection de cette édition. Remarquable. C'est grâce à ces livre que j'ai commencé à apprendre la photo quand j'avais 18 ans...
4 years ago.
The Limbo Connection club has replied to Jean-luc Drouin club
Thank you, Jean-Luc. For the benefit of other viewers, the collection Jean-Luc mentions is the Life Library of Photography by Time-Life Books of which this volume, entitled 'Color' dates from 1970. Besides this volume there are companions including Photography As A Tool, Special Problems, The Great Themes, Travel Photography, Light and Film, Photographing Children, The Camera, The Studio, The Print, Caring For Photographs, Photojournalism, Photographing Nature, Great Photographers, Frontiers of Photography, Documentary Photography.
4 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
“Second hand and Antiquarian” seems to add that note of high esteem, but also indicates that you won’t be able to find a bargain. I find nearly all charity shops have a well kept book section where real bargains can be found. Even the book tables in supermarkets where people tend to abandon unwanted books get put in order with the dross weeded out and put in a recycling bin by people like me. Now I’ll have to check whether my local Co-op book table has disappeared due to Coronavirus fears. If not, then I will donate some books and put things in order.
4 years ago.
The Limbo Connection club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
Books were once perceived as basically valuable, whereas magazines were considered cheap and disposable. Bit by bit, they have equalised in status. I'm not going to even try to explain this phenomenon. I would observe only that in both categories there has been a calamitous decline in the quality of content.
I had rather hoped you might make a contribution to this entry and I am glad not to have been disappointed.
4 years ago.

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