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CURNO**, JOHN: : It's About Time. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.PLYMOUTH,DEVON.FOTONOW (CIC),2012.

ISBN 9781908678034.

UK,square 8vo HB,SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn. FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwrtten,blue ink inscrptn (SIGNED+ dedicated): 'To Brother Vic,Best Wishes from Brother John.' Bright,clean white background,paper-covered boards with b/w landscape scenic photographs,with black lettering,immaculate plain white endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - a paper-clip to top edge of b/w photographic page opposite poem 'The Curse' - in situ - otherwise virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,square 8vo HB,SIGNED,1st edn, approx 240pp [unpaginated] includes author's historical notes,an introduction by Val Williams (writer+curator,and Professor of History and Culture at University of Arts London [UAL].). The photographs are in several sections/ chapters: a) 'Photographs 1978-82' - this seies formed his first solo show at Impressions Gallery,York,b) Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire,c) 'Growing Space' photographs from another exhibition of the same name,d) 'Variations on a Moor',another exhibition at the Impressions Gallery, 1983,e) 'With Walls and Towers Girdled' from another exhibition in York,1988,f) 'Strensall Common,g) 'Plumpton' accompanied with poems by the late Peter Lower,a young gifted poet and a student of Brunel University,h)'Down to Earth' - a collection started in 1988 and finished in 2010,covering Plymouth and Cornwall,i) 'Hackfall',j) 'Shop Fronts and Other Storeys' - older shops in Exeter,k) 'Dartmoor Sensing' - Commissioned by Aune Head Arts,l)'Drewsteignton and Blackaller Quarry' - part of the 'Rural Time' exhibition (which later became the 'Drewsteignton Parish' book published by Halsgrove 2001,m)'Bideford',n)'Roof Lights',and an afterword by Nancy Sinclair (co-founder of Aune Head Arts. ). Devon-based photographer John Curno launched his new photographic monograph/ publication at Waterstones on New George Street,Plymouth 6 October,2012.'It’s About Time' featuring around 30 years of Curno’s work,including photographs made across Devon,Dartmoor and Exeter. Also included,are extensive studies of the North Yorkshire moors (where Curno lived after leaving Plymouth). Curno’s career has been quietly significant within British photography; his work stems back to early exhibitions at Impressions Gallery in York,and the introduction to the book,by writer Val Williams,offers insights into his consistent investigative studies of landscape and rural life.The book is published by Fotonow CIC,a Plymouth-based organisation developing photography projects within Plymouth.Curno’s book represents their first monograph of an established artist. Please contact seller,because of the weight (nearly 1.3 Kg unpackaged) and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,square 8vo HB,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Brother Vic,Best Wishes from Brother John.'

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