Shadowless Figure Portraiture
first edition Softcover
1936 · New York
by Peel, Fred P.
New York: Galleon Press, 1936. First edition. Softcover. g+. Quarto. 111pp. Original illustrated spiral-bound wrappers with black and white lettering on cover. In the author's own words, this is a publication wherein he "set forth my ideas of what constitutes good photography." Profusely illustrated with mostly nude b/w photographs and text on photographic lighting, photographer and model, composition, darkroom, print, and equipment. The text is augmented with b/w in-text drawings. Some wear along edges of cover and some creasing of cover, and smudging of title page. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 36106)