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BOOMOON: STARGAZING AT SOKCHO - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(KWON, BOOMOON). Kwon, Boomoon. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2006. First Edition 1/500. Oblong Folio. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (60pp), 26 color illustrations. "Boomoon is widely considered one of South Korea’s most important contemporary artists. His third book with Nazraeli Press, "Stargazing at Sokcho" comprises nineteen dreamlike land and skyscapes made in the artist’s secluded hometown in north-eastern Korea. Resembling nothing so much as the way the skies might look from the inside of a snow-globe, these gorgeous color photographs include hints of Sokcho’s soaring granite peaks and dense forests, clear, bitterly cold skies, and an almost audible roar of silent eternity". A most handsome example from the 2006 first edition limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by the photographer in Korean characters on the title page showing two vertical ceases to the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly. 1-59005-159-9 Inventory Number: 018263