Coins de Rues (Pyramides) - N.Y. 1978/79 - Street Corners (Pyramids)

Montreal: Pierre Boogaerts & Ministere des Affaires Culturelles, 1980. First edition. Folio, wrappers, near fine. From The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Pierre Boogaerts, photographer (b at Brussels, Belgium 30 Oct 1946). He moved to Canada in 1972, and established himself in Montréal the following year with extended stays in New York City. Working initially as a painter, he started using photography in his art in 1971. Generally structured according to methods of conceptual art .... Coins de rules (Pyramides) - N Y 1978/79 - Street Corners (Pyramids) ... is an extensive documentation of approximately 300 photographs (presented individually or as montages) of Manhattan's street corners, obtained by flattening the cityscape around the dark, pyramidal shape of a building's summit photographed against the light.