Clarence John Laughlin

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Likewise, this Laughlin book is more than a collection of photographs: it reflects the vision of an iconoclastic Clarence John Laughlin book who pushed beyond the conventional bounds of photography.

CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN: THE PERSONAL EYE contains about one hundred of Laughlin's black-and-white photographs, printed with the usual high standards of Aperture/5(4).

Clarence John Laughlin () is famous for his devotion to New Orleans and the American South. Ghosts Along the Mississippi is a book, first published in and reprinted several times since, filled with images of ruined or dilapidated plantation buildings.

There are black and white photographs, including numerous once-grand family mansions crumbling and covered in Spanish moss and. First printing Horror. REVIEW COPY WITH LAID-IN PUBLICITY MATERIAL AND LAID-IN REVIEW SLIP. Author's fourth novel and sixth book. A finalist for the Bram Stoker Award.

Dust Jacket Illustration is a photograph of THE BASHFUL DISCUS THROWER by Clarence John Laughlin. Book Condition: Fine: Sharp bright tight copy. Likewise, this Laughlin book is more than a collection of photographs: it reflects the vision of an iconoclastic artist who pushed beyond the Clarence John Laughlin book bounds of photography.

CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN: THE PERSONAL EYE contains about one hundred of Laughlin's black-and-white photographs, printed with the usual high standards of Aperture/5(4). Clarence John Laughlin book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers/5(1). Description. Clarence John Laughlin () of New Orleans is arguably the father of photographic surrealism in America.

He was best known for his photographs of old plantation homes and his book, Ghosts along the Mississippi, but his life's work was varied and in was a mainstream photographer who was published in many national magazines.

Ghosts Along the Mississippi, by Clarence John Laughlin, was one of my favorite books during my childhood. The decay of the subjects, the waste, the wanton beauty of these disappearing houses could not help but entrance me/5. Clarence John Laughlin wanted to be a writer but worked in a bank, began his artistic career as a painter but is best known for his photography.

The life of this enigmatic New Orleanian is the subject of Clarence John Laughlin: Prophet Without Honor (University Press of Mississippi, $30). Part of the collection of the late Clarence John Laughlin's more t publications on science fiction, fantasy, horror and supernatural fiction, is on exhibit at LSU's Hill Memorial Library.

Clarence John Laughlin () was a New Orleans writer, photographer, and book collector. His consistent preoccupation with the metaphysical fueled his imagination and creativity. His works always included both words and images, one informing the other.

Jul 6, - Clarence John Laughlin ( – 2 January ) was an American photographer best known for his surrealist photographs of the U.S. South. See more ideas about Photography, Southern gothic and Black and white photography pins.

Strange Light: The Photography of Clarence John Laughlin May 11–Novem Dubbed “The Father of American Surrealism,” Clarence John Laughlin (American, ) was the most important Southern photographer of his time and a singular figure within.

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Pitts. Series Title: Center for Creative Photography (Series), no. Clarence John Laughlin (Four-Book Photobook Sale) "NOS" means "new old stock," meaning published some time ago but brand new copies.

The four books cost $, but if you enter the code at checkout, you can get all four for $ Clarence John Laughlin wrote passionately of the connection between photography and imagination in He made his first photograph in Decemberkeeping meticulous records of every exposure thereafter.

During the last half of the decade, he made more than two thousand negatives of his beloved New Orleans French Quarter. Clarence John Laughlin ( ) of New Orleans is arguably the father of photographic surrealism in America.

He was best known for his photographs of old plantation homes and his book, Ghosts along the Mississippi, but his life's work was varied and in was a mainstream photographer who was published in many national magazines. Clarence John Laughlin () of New Orleans is arguably the father of photographic surrealism in America.

He was best known for his photographs of old plantation homes and his book, Ghosts Along the Mississippi, but his life’s work was varied and broad. Laughlin was a mainstream photographer who was published in many national magazines.

John was a collector and I kind of lost track of him, but his daddy was Clarence Laughlin, and I don't know Clarence Laughlin from Henry Ford, you know, but come to find out, his daddy's kind of a. Clarence John Laughlin by Clarence J.

Laughlin; Lafcadio Hearn. Aperture Foundation, Incorporated, Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text.

At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend jacket quality is not guaranteed. Laughlin, Clarence John American, Clarence John Laughlin ( - 2 January ) was a United States photographer, best known for his surrealist photographs of the U.S.

South. Laughlin was born in to a middle class family in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His rocky childhood, southern heritage, and interest in literature influenced his work.Looking for books by Clarence John Laughlin? See all books authored by Clarence John Laughlin, including Ghosts Along The Mississippi, and Clarence John Laughin, and more on Compare book prices from overbooksellers.

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