First Edition Will Connell Signed 1937 In Pictures Hollywood Satire Photography

  
Bound in spiral bound backed wrappers. Illustrated with 48 black and white gravure plates. Signed and inscribed by Will Connell on the title page. Wrappers worn with shelf-wear to the extremities present (bit of loss along the spiral bound wrappers, scuffing present to the edges of the wrappers); wrappers still attached. Book is free of ownership marks.

Text is clean and free of marks. Illustrated with 48 gravure images of 1930s Hollywood, incorporating innovative design, photomontage, and exceptional gravure printing. Will Connell is that rarity - a photographer whose sense of humor extends to his own work. "In Pictures" is its own proof of the use to which he has put his gifts.

Connell shows how wide the abilities of the camera are when a thorough technician, a penetrating mind, and the all important satirical impulse are blended in one talent capable of dissecting a national institution with its own instruments of torture, ground glass, shutter and lens. First Edition Will Connell Signed 1937 In Pictures Hollywood Satire Photography.

Up For Sale Today is. William ("Will") Connell (1898, McPherson, Kansas - 1961, Los Angeles, California) was a self-taught American portrait and industrial photographer. Connell's father was a cowpuncher, who abandoned the family. Connell's mother, a school teacher, moved to California, where Connell attended Los Angeles High School. He dropped out in 10th grade to join the Army, but World War I came to an end and he could not enlist.

Connell taught himself photography and later opened a studio in downtown Los Angeles. By the late 1920s, he began to work in commercial photography for publications, such as Life, Sunset, Time, U.

By the early 1930s, Connell was working primarily as a glamor and publicity photographer for various motion picture studios, including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Republic Studios. Later, Connell accepted commissions from the business community. Photographs of commercial, industrial and retail sectors make up the majority of his later work.

He photographed pre- and post- World War II industrial production, including developing industries such as aerospace, oil, power generation and transmission, construction and steel. Connell taught photography at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, from 1931 until his death in 1961. He wrote a long-running column in U. Camera called "Counsel by Connell". OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. Thank you for visiting this listing and we hope to see you again soon! Book formats and corresponding sizes.

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