BURKE, Bill

I Want To Take Picture

Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. First Edition. Small folio. Limited to 1000 copies. A wild artist's book, combining disturbing black and white pictures of Southeast Asia with outtakes from Burke's travel diary, and peppered with color reproductions of cultural detritus, like the bottle caps of energy drinks used by Lao truckers. One of the most important and influential photobooks of the 80s. (Parr / Badger, v2, 40-41; Roth 258-250, Open Book 334-335; Auer 674). Fine in illustrated laminated boards as issued. Sharp copy.