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Unforgettable: Images That Have Changed Our Lives
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SOLVED: Non-Fiction > SOLVED. "Famous photographs" book without images. [s]

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message 1: by Claire Michie (new)

Claire Michie | 22 comments Book has NO photographs, just blank white pages with a caption at the bottom of each "photo" describing the famous picture (i.e. Marilyn Monroe in a white dress standing over a subway grate in New York City or sailor kisses nurse in city street to celebrate victory over Japan). They were all pictures that almost everyone knows.
I bought this book about five years ago at a design bookstore in Berkeley and regret giving it to my friend without writing down the name because it is IMPOSSIBLE to find - googling "famous photographs without images" does no good! Anyone happen to have it on their shelf and can tell me what it's called or who edited it so I can find it again?


message 2: by Morgen (new)

Morgen | 20 comments On a side note, is the point of the book that everyone knows the photo, so they don't need to show it? Are they trying to conserve ink or waste paper?


message 3: by Claire Michie (new)

Claire Michie | 22 comments No, neither conserving ink nor wasting paper - I think the point is to give readers the experience of "re-creating" the photo in their mind, and also to make the point that famous images exist independent of how often and where they're reproduced.


message 4: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44923 comments Mod
Claire, are you still looking for this or did you find it?


message 5: by Kate (new)

Kate Farrell | 4040 comments Mod
I'd love to read this book, so BUMP!


message 6: by Kris (new)

Kris | 54944 comments Mod
Not your book, but I'll mention it just in case you're interested - No Medium by Craig Dworkin.


message 7: by Rosa (new) - added it

Rosa (rosaiglarsh) | 5384 comments I want to find this book too. It sounds very postmodern.


message 8: by Tab (new)

Tab (tabbrown) | 5084 comments It sounds like a book that Chronicle Books would publish. And, looking through their website, I'm positive this is the book.

Unforgettable: Images That Have Changed Our Lives Unforgettable Images That Have Changed Our Lives by Peter Davenport


message 9: by Rosa (new) - added it

Rosa (rosaiglarsh) | 5384 comments Tab, you’re brilliant! I sure hope that Claire comes back to find it! She probably won’t, though. At least Kate and I will be able to read it.


message 10: by Claire (new)

Claire Michie | 3 comments Great news! THIS IS THE BOOK. I came back snooping and had to create a whole new account. Thank you Tab!


message 11: by Kris (new)

Kris | 54944 comments Mod
Claire, I noted in your other post today that you had to create a new Goodreads account for this request and the one below. Glad you found your book.

Other request = https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Original poster's account = https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...

New account = https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9...


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