The Pond Al Vandenberg First edition of Were Desperate:

First edition of Were Desperate: The Punk Rock Photography of Jim Jocoy with text by Thurston Moore

a now derelict ghostly town that yielded the tremendous spectacle of the aurora borealis during Arbugaeva’s stay there

his ability to frame a composition with inherent beauty

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The Pond Al Vandenberg First edition of Were Desperate:Second edition of The Pond by John Gossage. First impression. Medium format hardback in fine condition. Signed by the artist on the title page. About Considered groundbreaking when first published in 1985, John Gossages The Pond remains one of the most important photobooks of the medium. As Gerry Badger, coauthor of The Photobook: A History, Volumes I and II, asserts, Adams, Shore, Baltzall the New Topographic photographers made great books, but few