<p>Contact Sheet 173: 40 Artists / 40 Years marks Light Works 40th Anniversary and is released in conjunction with the exhibition 40 Artists / 40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few. Light Work, an artist-run, non-profit organization, has been providing direct support to emerging and under-recognized artists working in the media of photography and digital imaging since 1973. The organization has been led by Jeffrey Hoone since 1982, and the following statement from the exhibition catalogue clarifies his vision and dedication to serving artists.</p>

Contact Sheet 173: 40 Artists / 40 Years

Arts & Photography

Dawoud Bey

Fazal Sheikh

John Gossage

Cindy Sherman

Carrie Mae Weems

VARIOUS

Hank Willis Thomas

Photography & Video

Light Work

<p>This companion volume to the 2005 "Berlin in the Time of the Wall" presents Gossage's Berlin photographs from 1982-1989 revisited as memory. There are documentary photographs, which might promise clarity - yet deliver only mystery. And then there are the poetic photographs of John Gossage, which might promise invention and fiction - yet actually deliver truth. With every Gossage book there is an inevitable nod to the artistry of the Photobook. An exquisite cover fashioned from the remains of a deteriorating album sets the tone of the publication. Essays by Gerry Badger, Thomas Weski and John Gossage presented in the unconventional, yet masterful manner we have come to expect in a Gossage production. The 2007 volume will also be sold in a slip case with the 2005 "Berlin" edition. The Pond (Aperture, 1985) and Stadt de Schwarz (Loosestrife, 1987) two previous titles by Gossage are highlighted in the recently published History of the Photobook Vol. 2. (Phaidon).</p>

Putting back the Wall by John Gossage (2007) Hardcover

Loosestrife Editions

John Gossage: "I photographed the places that government uses to preserve its past and, by implication, lay claim to its current power. This is, of course, exactly what Dr. Vogel photographed when he was sent by the Kaiser to Egypt to bring back pictures of a great and ancient civilization."  An exquisite production by Nazraeli. Cloth-bound hardback not issued with dj. 56 pages; 65 b&w and color photographic plates; 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Limited to an edition of 1,000 copies.

Empire: A History Book

Individual Artists

Nazraeli Press

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