{"product_id":"france-1987-mark-steinmetz","title":"France 1987, Mark Steinmetz","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“In the summer of 1987, I was 26 years old, a couple years out of graduate school, and living in a derelict apartment outside of Boston. I had received an artist’s residency in the South of France, and so, in August, I flew to Paris. I stayed a few weeks with close family friends in a top floor apartment on the Avenue de Wagram. My friends were working in fashion and film, and I was told my bed had once belonged to Jane Fonda before she became Barbarella. The weather was getting colder, and they gave me a brown corduroy jacket to wear that Jean Seberg (Godard’s Breathless, Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse) had cried on. I would eat some breakfast and run around Paris photographing all day—hardly eating because I had no money—returning to their apartment for dinner and a glass of champagne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1987, there were no cell phones or digital cameras. To meet up with someone you had to set a time and a place and each of you had to stick to the plan. The seasons seemed to linger around more, and in general, everyone seemed to have more time. The parks, museums, and subways were less crowded. The rhythm of daily life was more relaxed. People were worried in 1987, but not as worried as we are now.” (Words by Mark Steinmetz)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis collection of previously unpublished photographs by Mark Steinmetz, made some 35 years ago during an extended stay in the South of France, provides welcome insight into his earliest years as a working artist. It comprises over 60 photographs beautifully printed in duotone on Japanese Kasadaka art paper, and bound in Burgundy linen. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePublished by Nazraeli Press\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e80 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e270 × 310 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eISBN \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781590055960\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nazraeli Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412049379659,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/France1987.webp?v=1708181693","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/da\/products\/france-1987-mark-steinmetz","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}