{"product_id":"henry-wessel-henry-wessel-9783958295704","title":"Henry Wessel: Walkabout \/ Man Alone \/ Botanical Census","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents three independent bodies of work by Henry Wessel (1942-2018) from the past five decades. Each series is a precise sequence recreating the experience of passing through the territory described. \u003ci\u003eWalkabout\u003c\/i\u003e invites the viewer to walk with Wessel through working-class neighborhoods and bordering urban areas. The photos show sun-soaked homes, cars, bars, alleyways, gas stations and cyclone fences, reminding us that intuition can lead to dramatic possibilities anywhere. Wessel describes his approach: \"At the core of this receptivity is a process that might be called soft eyes. It is a physical sensation. You are not looking for something. You are open, receptive. At some point, you are in front of something that you cannot ignore.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMan Alone\u003c\/i\u003e shows photographs Wessel made of men in San Francisco. What at first seems a study of the gesture and gait of the urban man is actually a collection of individuals: each man's singularity is described through the interrelatedness of stride, garb, facial expression and the shape of the photo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWessel's final work, \u003ci\u003eBotanical Census\u003c\/i\u003e, meanders through city streets, parks, roadsides and open fields. Images of bushes, succulents, trees, topiary and weeds, rendered by sharp-edged light, reveal the aesthetic possibilities growing all around us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Wessel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3958295703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958295704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Henry Wessel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43940895129855,"sku":"9783958295704","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d7ad1e35-b7b2-4249-890d-7499668d49fe.jpg?v=1681449775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/henry-wessel-henry-wessel-9783958295704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}