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(JUDE, RON). Jude, Ron. Rochester, NY: A-Jump Books, 2006. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (96pp), 49 black & white illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The source of the photographs in "Alpine Star" is the weekly newspaper from Ron Jude's hometown of McCall in Central Idaho. The poetic element of these images - that unnamed, abstract subtext found in every photograph - is inflated here through the process of subtle manipulation and nuanced sequencing. While offering a world of loss and isolation, the pictures also suggest the cross-pollination of personal history and collective memory". A bright, most handsome example from the unnumbered first edition of five hundred copies of the photographer's first book additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Ron Jude 2007" in black ink on the rear colophon. 0-9777655-0-4 Inventory Number: 023101