"JOHANNESBURG ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE" BY CLIVE CHIPKIN & PATRICK DE MERVELEC

"JOHANNESBURG ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE" BY CLIVE CHIPKIN & PATRICK DE MERVELEC, HARDCOVER, 2013 FIRST EDITION, 188 PAGES, NO NAMES OR INSCRIPTIONS, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

This is a book of photographs of old inner city Johannesburg, of its buildings, cityscapes, street views and public art. It is a beautiful book and it slips easily into the library of books on the changing faces of Johannesburg. The photographer is Patrick de Mervelec, who teamed up with the architectural historian, Clive Chipkin who has written brief captions for the photographs. The beautifully produced mix of colour and black and white photographs captures the mood, moment and feel of the city through the seasons. Unusual angles and close-up views of buildings, squares and bridges show details and distance with an easy familiarity of a photographic artist mesmerized by this raw city in transformation and transition.