Arcana:

(MEISELAS, SUSAN) Meiselas, Susan, Felix Hoffmann & Abigail Solomon-Godeau. Göttingen, GERMANY: Steidl, I00220512, 2022. First Edition Thus. 9 1/2 x 11", 264 Pages. Hardcover in Pictorial Slipcase. Photography Monograph. New/New. 978-3969990025

PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF "CARNIVAL STRIPPERS" HERE! MS. MEISELAS WILL BE SIGNING COPIES FOR ARCANA ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th AT SANTA MONICA'S AERO THEATER BETWEEN 2:00 AND 5:00 PM. WE WILL BEGIN SHIPPING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th.

"From 1972 to 1975, Susan Meiselas spent her summers photographing women who performed striptease for small-town carnivals in New England, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. As she followed the shows from town to town, she captured the dancers on stage and off, their public performances as well as their private lives, creating a portrait both documentary and empathetic: “The recognition of this world is not the invention of it. I wanted to present an account of the girl show that portrayed what I saw and revealed how the people involved felt about what they were doing.” Meiselas also taped candid interviews with the dancers, their boyfriends, the show managers and paying customers, which form a crucial part of the book. Meiselas’ frank description of these women brought a hidden world to public attention, and explored the complex role the carnival played in their lives: mobility, money and liberation, but also undeniable objectification and exploitation. Produced during the early years of the women’s movement, "Carnival Strippers" - one of the most important photobooks of the postwar era - reflects the struggle for identity and self-esteem that characterized a complex era of change. "Carnival Strippers Revisited" and "Making Of" come together in a slipcase. "Making Of "includes color images from "Carnival Strippers" that have never been printed and/or published before, along with ephemera material collected by Meiselas at the time she developed the project." A brand new, most handsome example of the first edition of this new and expanded edition (whose 1976 edition is cited on pages 312-313 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 50 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", page 245 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné", and pages 238-239 of "The Book of 101 Books") that went out out of print shortly after its 2022 publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in black ink on the title page.

Inventory Number: I00250925CS