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John Chiara — California
(Aperture & Pier 24)



Essay by Virginia Heckert
Editor  Lesley Martin
Description
John Chiara creates his own cameras and chemical processes, in order to make unique photographs that use the direct exposure of light onto reversal film and paper. Each resulting photograph is a singular, luminous object.

This highly anticipated first book includes the surreal and thrilling landscape and architectural images for which the artist has become known.

John Chiara: California features images taken in the artist’s hometown of San Francisco and other locations along the Pacific Coast.

An essay by Virginia Heckert situates Chiara’s work in the landscape tradition of the American West and discusses this process-driven work.

Specifications
11 x 12 ⅞ inches
164 Pages
95 Plates

Printing
4-Color Offset + Spot Varnish

Papers
Mixed Coated and Uncoated Paper Stocks

Binding
Case Bound with Vertical and Horizontal Gatefolds

Cloth
4-Color Printed Cloth with Foil Stamp

Published by Aperture & Pier 24
ISBN 978-1-59711-423-3



Press

• Musee Magazine

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