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(BURKE, BILL). Burke, Bill. Santa Fe, NM. 1987 (2007): Twin Palms Publishers. First Edition Thus 1/35 Deluxe. Folio. Boards in a Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (60pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. "In 1982, years after Viet Nam, I decided to give myself my own Southeast Asia experience. I wanted to make pictures in a place where I didn't know the rules, where I'd be off balance. Friends who had been there recommended Thailand; nice people, easy transportation, good food. Another friend told me that as long as I was going to Thailand I should go see the refugees coming out of Cambodia. He set me up with The International Rescue Committee, which was working at the Thai-Cambodian border". Published in 1987, "I Want to Take Picture" features black and white images which Burke shot during several trips through Southeast Asia in the early eighties, particularly focusing on the after-effects of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. A pristine copy of the deluxe 2007 first Twin Palms printing (whose 1987 first Nexus Press edition is cited on page 19 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 40-41 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 258-259 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to thirty-five copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED (#15/35) in a debossed black linen clamshell box with a SIGNED AND NUMBERED BLACK AND WHITE SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT entitled ""KPNLF Fighter With Lake Ampil RPG, Thai Cambodia Border, 1984". 1-931885-63-X Inventory Number: 022181