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Call Number:

PH-02553

Collection Name:

Postcards from America

Creator:

Goldberg, Jim

Meiselas, Susan

Pellegrin, Paolo, 1964-

Soth, Alec

Strand, Ginger Gail

Subotzky, Mikhael

No. of Items:

30 items

Span Dates:

2011

Description:

Limited edition portfolio (no. 15 of 500), titled Postcards from America, published in New York by Magnet Inc. in 2011. Housed in a box 35 x 29 x 2 cm, the approximately 30 items include photographic works by Jim Goldberg (American, born 1953), Susan Meiselas (American, born 1948), Paolo Pellegrin (Italian, born 1964), Alec Soth (American, born 1969), and Mikhael Subotzky (South African, born 1981), and essays by Ginger Strand (American). The publisher's description follows.

"In May 2011, five Magnum photographers ... and a writer ... set out from Austin, Texas, in an RV. Two weeks and 1750 miles later, they arrived in Oakland, California. The resulting limited edition book is a collection of objects--a book, five bumper stickers, a newspaper, two fold-outs, three cards, a poster and five zines, all in a signed and numbered box--that collectively document the experience."

Accession No(s):

Purchase, 2012

Location(s):

f N 6527 P67 2011 HRC-P
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See Also:

Postcards from America Photography Collection: Postcards (2012:0002:0001-0005) and limited edition prints (2012:0003:0001-0005) from the collaborative project, which resulted in this portfolio, can be found in the Postcards from America Photography Collection (PH-02395).

Magnum Photos Photography Collection: Works by the photographers represented in this portfolio can be found in the Magnum Photos, Inc., Photography Collection (PH-02276).