 UK £25.00 US $45.00 CAN $49.95 Paperback 180 pages 181 duotone illustrations 28 x 24 cm (11.25 x 9.5 in) ISBN: 978-1-8589-4638-2 | Evocations of Place The Photography of Edwin Smith Robert Elwall Foreword by Irena Murray Hailed by the poet and architectural historian Sir John Betjeman as “a genius at photography”, Edwin Smith (1912–1971) was one of Britain’s foremost photographers. At the time of his death he was widely regarded as without peer in his sensitive renditions of historic architecture and his empathetic evocations of place. The recurrent themes of Smith’s work – a concern for the fragility of the environment; an acute appreciation of the need to combat cultural homogenization by safeguarding regional diversity; and a conviction that architecture should be rooted in time and place – are as pressing today as when Smith first framed them in his elegant compositions. By providing the first in-depth survey of his work, this book introduces Smith’s poignant imagery to a new generation.
The first major study of Smith’s work for over twenty years, and the first to put his work into its photographic and cultural context Includes many rarely seen images as well as previously unpublished correspondence Written by a leading expert on architectural photography Published in association with Royal Institute of British Architects, London   
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Author Profiles Robert Elwall (1953–2012) was Photographs Curator of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London. Irena Murray is senior Research Associate at The British Architectural Library. | |||||||
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