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Sock Monkeys: 200 Out of 1,863
by
Arne Svenson,
Ron Warren , Jonathan Safran Foer , Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) , Dale Peck , Penn Jillette , Teller , Simon Doonan
,
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In 1985 Ron Warren began collecting sock monkeys--those icons of American thrift and inventiveness that for generations have been hand-stitched from a pair of red-heel work socks. Years later he met photographer Arne Svenson, who, intrigued by the obsessive nature and growing size of the collection, began with equal obsession to document one by one its more than 1,800 exam...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
December 2nd 2002
by Ideal World Books
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Arne Svenson and Ron Warren, Sock Monkeys (200 out of 1,863) (Ideal World, 2002)
Ron Warren collects sock monkeys. And like any obsessive collector, when he sinks his teeth into something, he does it right. At the time this book was printed seven years ago, Warren had collected 1,863 sock monkeys (and I've no doublt that number has grown in the half-again-as-long time he's had since to continue). Arne Svenson conceived of a project that would have him photographing the monkeys in classic portrait...more
Ron Warren collects sock monkeys. And like any obsessive collector, when he sinks his teeth into something, he does it right. At the time this book was printed seven years ago, Warren had collected 1,863 sock monkeys (and I've no doublt that number has grown in the half-again-as-long time he's had since to continue). Arne Svenson conceived of a project that would have him photographing the monkeys in classic portrait...more
Beautifully photographed portraits of sock monkeys. It's amazing how you can get so much personality and emotion from something that started out as a sock.
Delightful! I've never been so happy with a book that basically has no words in it.
So I like sock monkeys.
I really need this book. Duh.
I'm not so much into sock monkeys, I guess.
This is a great coffee table book. Earl is my favorite!
This Book Will Make You Smile.
I love this book. As a collector of sock monkeys, I really enjoyed looking at all the photos. Each one is unique.
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