Johannesburg: Architecture and Heritage - Clive Chipkin (Patrick de Mervelec photog.)

Large format, heavy book.

This is a book of photographs of old inner city Johannesburg, of its buildings, cityscapes, street views and public art. It is a very beautiful book and it slips easily and rather well into the library of books on the changing faces of Johannesburg. At least 20 companies or institutes have contributed funds for its publication. The photographer is Patrick de Mervelec, who teamed up with the architectural historian, Clive Chipkin who has written the all too 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.

ISBN: 9780620554930

Pages: 190

Hardcover

In Camera Art Publications, 2013

Good condition; back cover lightly scratched

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