James Bidgood book
The James Bidgood book is a collectible photography book selected by IMAGO DEI Gallery for readers and collectors interested in male photography, queer visual culture and twentieth-century visual publishing. This 1999 edition presents James Bidgood’s richly staged male photography, including imagery connected with Pink Narcissus and New York’s queer visual culture.
About this photography book
The James Bidgood art book offers a concentrated way to encounter the photographer’s visual language in its original printed context. Sequencing, scale and page design shape the reading experience, while the physical format preserves details that are often lost when individual photographs are viewed online. Therefore, the publication works both as a visual archive and as a carefully designed object.
Its subject belongs to a wider history of male representation in photography. The volume connects portraiture, fashion, performance and the study of the body. At the same time, it records how independent and specialist publishers created space for images that were frequently absent from mainstream art publishing.
Edition and condition
This copy is the First edition, Taschen, New York. It measures 40 × 20.5 cm and is bound as a hardcover with dust jacket. A distinctive feature of this first edition is its silver-gilt page edges on all three sides, paired with pink paper-covered boards—a deliberate part of Taschen’s original 1999 design. Pre-owned book in good condition. Minor tear to the lower back of the dust jacket; pages remain in excellent condition. Please review the product images for the cover and the copy’s visible details.
For collectors
The James Bidgood art book will appeal to collectors of photobooks, LGBTQ+ visual culture, male portraiture and artist monographs. In addition, its focused subject and period design make it a useful reference for research into photography, publishing and changing representations of masculinity.
Reference: B_157. ISBN: 3-8228-7427-2. Available through IMAGO DEI Gallery.
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