Burden, Shirley. Chairs. Text and photographs by Shirley Burden. Signed Copy Thomas Girtin

Thomas Girtin

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Burden, Shirley. Chairs. Text and photographs by Shirley Burden. Signed Copy Thomas GirtinAperture, 1985. Hardcover in cloth with protected dust jacket. Near fine fine. Black and white photographs of Paris, mostly of chairs. In the text, Burden tells about going to Paris, noticing the chairs in the Bois, and then switches to the voice of a chair commenting on the other chairs and the people who sit on them. Another charming book by the photographer and filmmaker who had a long association with Aperture. Summary: Chairs (1985) is a poetic,