KARAMBOLAGE Automobile Accidents ARNOLD ODERMATT Police Photography 2003 HC/DJ

Description: Title: Karambolage: Arnold Odermatt Author: Edited by Urs Odermatt (Arnold's son) Publisher: Steidl, Göttingen,GermanyCopyright Date and Edition: 2003, stated First EditionISBN: 3882438665Pages: 400 unpaginated pagesFormat, Size: Oversized, very heavy, hardcover with dust jacket, 9 3/4" by 13"Language: brief introductory text is in German, English, and French texts Illustrations: hundreds of full-page, black-and-white photographs PLEASE NOTE: Sometimes the automatically generated eBay book information is not accurate. Please follow my description details. "With thoroughness and a meticulous attention to detail, Arnold Odermatt photographed automobile accidents on the streets of the Swiss canton of Nidwalden between 1939 and 1993. For 40 years, the Swiss police office recorded the wrecked cars left in the wake of excessive speed, drunk driving, right-of-way errors, and plain foolishness, in poignant, sometimes funny, and always strange atmospheric photographs." "Though Odermatt was not formally trained as a photographer, he made images that evidence a studied appreciation for romantic landscape scenes and a simultaneous attention to the clinical detail of an accident of police procedure. He created them as a personal corollary to the documentary photographs that typically accompany police and accident reports in his picturesque Alpine country. Art historically, they call to mind such diverse sources as Weegee's scene-of-the-crime pictures from the 1930's and 40's, and Andy Warhol's interest in the banal spectacle of disaster and accident in the 1960's. Wholly original and surprising, beautiful and haunting, Odermatt's pictures were only recently introduced to the art world--when Harald Szeeman exhibited them at the 49th Venice Biennale, they were virtually unknown." Filled with full-page black-and-white photographs on every page (excepting for the brief introductory essay by Urs Odermatt -- in German, French, and English; and the closing words -- list of books, solo exhibitions and group exhibitions). Condition: Very good used condition, coming from a smoke-free, pet-free environment. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked (page edges have very minor age toning), covers have general light wear (minor corner and edge wear), dust jacket has general wear (corner and edge wear, general surface wear -- mostly visible on the back jacket). Shipping: Domestic winner pays 9 pounds Media Mail shipping -- which includes DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. No international shipping. Payment: Payment must be received within 4 days of auction close. Refunds: After communicating with the seller, buyer may return the item (shipped using identical method as originally sent with delivery confirmation/insurance) for a refund.

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