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Bill Dane - Bill Dane Pictures ...it's not pretty, Self published, 2020, Vilnius, Lithuania

 

Hardcover, design & texts by Bill Dane / Dan Skjæveland, printrun 500

Bill Dane (b. 1938), recipient of two NEAs and two Guggenheim fellowships, first became known for his postcards which led to a 1973 solo show at MoMA. After two decades of moderate success through solo shows, representation by Fraenkel Gallery and appearance in publications, his work gradually disappeared from institutions and the photo-world moved on to other work. In 2015 Dan Skjæveland (b. 1987) flew from Stavanger, Norway to San Francisco to learn more about Bill and his work. The 24 hours of recorded conversations would spark the first publication of Bill's work in over 25 years. Containing 222 photographs mixed with 100 texts, this self-published, no-frills monograph shows us the world as seen and experienced through Bill Dane's being.

Five decades in the making, we are finally delivered a worthy book of words and images by the great American iconoclast, Bill Dane. On this wintry day, I raise a warm glass to our playful destroyer of conditioned seeing. There is kindness in his rage. (Mark Steinmetz)

Bill Dane’s pictures stump me, casting a spell that is enigmatic, bizarre and mysterious. His penetrating vision has powerfully pushed the snapshot aesthetic into new places revealing an America we would have not seen otherwise and begin to understand... Thank you Bill. (Jeff Mermelstein)

https://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=ZJ568&i=9780578663951&i2=

Pages: 328
Place: Vilnius, Lithuania
Year: 2020
Publisher: Self published
Size: 25 x 25 cm (approx.)







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Hardcover, design & texts by Bill Dane / Dan Skjæveland, printrun 500

Bill Dane (b. 1938), recipient of two NEAs and two Guggenheim fellowships, first became known for his postcards which led to a 1973 solo show at MoMA. After two decades of moderate success through solo shows, representation by Fraenkel Gallery and appearance in publications, his work gradually disappeared from institutions and the photo-world moved on to other work. In 2015 Dan Skjæveland (b. 1987) flew from Stavanger, Norway to San Francisco to learn more about Bill and his work. The 24 hours of recorded conversations would spark the first publication of Bill's work in over 25 years. Containing 222 photographs mixed with 100 texts, this self-published, no-frills monograph shows us the world as seen and experienced through Bill Dane's being.

Five decades in the making, we are finally delivered a worthy book of words and images by the great American iconoclast, Bill Dane. On this wintry day, I raise a warm glass to our playful destroyer of conditioned seeing. There is kindness in his rage. (Mark Steinmetz)

Bill Dane’s pictures stump me, casting a spell that is enigmatic, bizarre and mysterious. His penetrating vision has powerfully pushed the snapshot aesthetic into new places revealing an America we would have not seen otherwise and begin to understand... Thank you Bill. (Jeff Mermelstein)

https://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=ZJ568&i=9780578663951&i2=

Pages: 328
Place: Vilnius, Lithuania
Year: 2020
Publisher: Self published
Size: 25 x 25 cm (approx.)