Ed van der Elsken
Jazz

Editions 7L, Paris 2007.

Originally published In 1959 by « De Bezige Bij », Amsterdam .Here in fac simile reprinted.
Hardcover with photographically illustrated boards without jacket as issued.
116 p. with 109 black and white plates.
Text in Dutch only as in the original edition. Beautifully printed by Steidl.

One passion of Van der Elsken was for jazz, and his 1959 book on the subject, shot at concerts in Amsterdam and The Hague, is clearly a devoted fan’s attempt to capture not just the performer but the performance.

This book was selected as one of the 101 most influential photo book of the 20th. Century in Andrew Roth famous book: « The book of the 101 books , Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century » , PPP Editions, New York, 2001 (pp. 156/157)

17,8 X 17,2 cm.

Condition: perfect, like new.

65 €