HACKNEY WICK, by Stephen Gill, LTD ED with SIGNED PRINT Start Price USD 1,595.00 Current Price USD 1,595.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 21, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 Location Boston, Massachusetts See more about 'HACKNEY WICK, by Stephen Gill, LTD ED with SIGNED PRINT' Description "Hackney Wick" – Special Limited Edition with SIGNED and NUMBERED Print Photography by Stephen Gill Nobody Books, in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict, London, 2005   Special Limited Edition, Signed, With Signed Print and Poster, Scarce     Stephen Gill is an emerging British talent receiving glowing praise from such luminaries as Martin Parr, Jon Ronson, and Iain Sinclair.  The photographer discovered the neighborhood and markets of Hackney Wick while working on another project. From the Artist: “That day I bought a plastic camera at the market for 50p; it had a plastic lens with no focus or exposure controls. I started making pictures with it at once. Over the next two years I visited Hackney Wick again and again. Hackney has long provided a refuge for immigrants and asylum seekers from all over the world and for me Hackney Wick especially reflects the great diversity of London.” From Parr and Badger, "The History of the Photobook, Volume II": “The book is a thoroughly affectionate look at the area, helped by the camera’s propensity for soft focus halation, yet Gill makes it clear that his pictures show generally marginalized lives, and people with a precarious foothold in British society. He also demonstrates that these are the people who have defined this area and made it a place that might even be mourned as it makes way for the sanitized modernism of the Olympic site [for the 2012 games].”   Hackney Wick is a hardcover book with blue, silk-covered boards featuring pictorial illustration and titles stamped in silver on the cover and spine. The book measures 8.5 x 8.5 inches and contains 116 color plates in 126 pages, with a 24-page booklet of photo collages bound into the book. This special edition is limited to a printing of 100 copies, signed and numbered by Gill on the inside front cover (#95/100). A 34 x 23 inch poster of one of the collages is folded and laid into the book. Also included is a signed and dated c-print, measuring 8.25 x 6.25 inches, with a 7 x 5.25 inch image, enclosed within an envelope. The entirety is protected by a cardboard slipcase handmade from materials obtained at Hackney Wick. Top Choice Books offers an NEW copy of this truly special edition, an homage to a part of British culture overtaken by modernity.     PAYMENT DETAILS Please use the shipping calculator to determine your shipping costs for US addresses   International shipping is available   I will only accept PayPal, personal checks, and money orders (bank, post office).  Payment MUST be received within three business days of the purchase, or the item will be re-listed unless other arrangements have been approved. I will ship by USPS Priority/Express Mail, or FedEx, with REQUIRED shipping Insurance, and Delivery/Signature Confirmation, unless otherwise stated in the auction.   International purchases are welcome. I will ONLY ship by USPS Express/Priority Service or FedEx International Service, which have on-line tracking and some insurance, however, the shipment will be fully insured. Buyer is responsible for any import taxes or duty associated with this purchase. UNDERSTAND that there is no warranty for international shipments once the package leaves the United States. Insurance is therefore required.   As always, if you have any questions about this item, or this auction, please contact me BEFORE you purchase this item. All sales are final unless tracking and/or full insurance is purchased. Person Martin Parr,Right click for SmartMenu shortcuts Place a Bid!