{"product_id":"ed-van-der-elsken-paris-1950-1954-jazz-1955-59-61-africa-1957-aii-first-ed-set","title":"Ed van der Elsken Paris 1950-1954 \u0026 Jazz 1955-1959-61 \u0026 Africa 1957 Libroport First Edition 3-Book Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e[PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ed van der Elsken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Libroport, Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Three softcover volumes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First editions, first printings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 25.6 × 25.3 cm each\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese and English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinted in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded Volumes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eエルスケン 巴里時代：1950–1954 \/ Paris 1950–1954\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1985\u003cbr\u003eBook Design: Tokiyoshi Tsubouchi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eエルスケン ジャズ 1955–1959・61 \/ Jazz 1955–1959–61\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1988\u003cbr\u003eBook Design: Tokiyoshi Tsubouchi\u003cbr\u003ePrinting Direction: Yoshiaki Ueda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eエルスケン アフリカ 1957 \/ Africa 1957\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1990\u003cbr\u003eBook Design: Yukimi Azuma\u003cbr\u003ePrinting Direction: Tomohiro Urata\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAfrica 1957\u003c\/em\u003e contains documentary ethnographic nudity in its original photographic context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[OVERVIEW]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParis came first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1950 and 1954, Ed van der Elsken photographed the young bohemians of Saint-Germain-des-Prés: restless faces, improvised rooms, wet streets and brief encounters shaped by the uncertainty of postwar Europe. These photographs became the foundation of \u003cem\u003eLove on the Left Bank\u003c\/em\u003e, the book that established his international reputation and introduced his distinctly cinematic approach to street photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJazz 1955–1959–61\u003c\/em\u003e moves into another kind of darkness. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Sonny Rollins and their audiences emerge from smoke and stage light. Van der Elsken did not photograph jazz as a sequence of formal portraits. He photographed its tempo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final volume returns to his 1956–1957 journey through equatorial Africa. First developed through the 1958 publication \u003cem\u003eBagara\u003c\/em\u003e, the work records communities, ceremonies, hunting and daily life in the former French territory of Ubangi-Shari and surrounding regions. Its scale is broader than the Paris photographs, but the eye behind them is the same: close, physical and alert to the moment before it disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: EASY AI TRANSLATION]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe books contain text in both Japanese and English. Japanese passages can also be read using smartphone translation tools such as Google Lens, ChatGPT or Google Translate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[WHY THIS VOLUME IS A PRIZED COLLECTOR'S ITEM]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLibroport brought together three bodies of work originally created in different countries and periods, presenting them as a visually coherent Japanese series. The square format, restrained typography and consistent production allow Paris, jazz and Africa to be read as parts of one extended photographic biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1985, 1988 and 1990, the set traces van der Elsken from the work that formed \u003cem\u003eLove on the Left Bank\u003c\/em\u003e to the African journey first associated with \u003cem\u003eBagara\u003c\/em\u003e. The final volume appeared in the year of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree places. One restless eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[CONDITION]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery Good vintage condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Light shelf wear, with minor rubbing along the corners and edges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBindings:\u003c\/strong\u003e Firm and secure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInteriors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clean overall, with no conspicuous writing, tears or missing pages visible in the listing photographs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease examine all listing photographs for the condition and contents of each volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"shady2grove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65966447264093,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/5888\/5981\/files\/IMG_9644.jpg?v=1789881940","url":"https:\/\/shady2grove.com\/products\/ed-van-der-elsken-paris-1950-1954-jazz-1955-59-61-africa-1957-aii-first-ed-set","provider":"shady2grove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}