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(SANTISI, DONNA). Santisi, Donna & Trudie Arguelles. Los Angeles: Kill Your Idols, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. As New.. 122pp, 133 b&w illustrations. Designed by Nathan Jones and Bryan Ray Turcotte. Donna Santisi's self-published "Ask the Angels" from 1978 was the first book of photographs to document the then nascent Los Angeles Punk and New Wave scene. A tireless frequenter of both the live performances and backstage, her unpretentious, gritty images comprised a who's who of both local and touring practitioners such as The Runaways, Screamers, Bags, Dils, Weirdos, Go-Gos, Sparks, Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Television, Blondie, The Ramones, Talking Heads, Dead Boys, Cramps, Sex Pistols, Damned, Jam, and too many more to mention. This brand new, oversized and expanded edition from Kill Your Idols is a must have for anyone who was there, or wishes they were. A brand new, most handsome example (whose first edition is cited on page 220 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Donna Santisi" in silver marker on the first preliminary. 1-58423-405-9 Inventory Number: 024580