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Joseph Szabo Teenage
Grebull Press, Los Angeles, 2003. First Edition, Limited Editition
of 50 copies. Number 49 of 50. Includes. Square Quarto. Hardbound
with pictorial wrappers. No dust jacket, as issued. Comes
in original, special edition box. Box displays mild cocking from
shelving, else in Fine condition. Book is Very Fine.
Includes limited edition photographic print SIGNED and
NUMBERED by Joseph Szabo.
Photographer Joseph Szabo’s subject is adolescence; his
rare gift is capturing the spirit of his students at Malverne High
School, caught between puberty and the precipice of adulthood.
Taken in the 70s and 80s, the photographs in Teenage represent
a remarkable evocation of that period, and yet there is something
timeless and endlessly compelling about Szabo’s portrait of
almost-adulthood. Some kids are painfully self-conscious, others
are self-assured beyond their years -- all have allowed Szabo the
unique trust of seeing them as they are. The fine line between
intimacy and exploitation that other photographers approach is
not in evidence here -- Szabo has no agenda beyond the recording
of these moments of extreme loveliness, bravado and confusion.
Teenage is a poignant record of Szabo’s work spanning
two decades, a timeless evocation of almost-adulthood. This is
what only the camera can catch: reality complete with nuances,
gestures and life.
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