First edition 2001 James Casebere The Spatial Uncanny Hardcover Book

First edition 2001 James Casebere: The Spatial Uncanny.- For the last 20 years, James Casebere has constructed increasingly complex small-scale architectural models that are carefully built and then subtly lit and photographed in the studio. These table-sized models are made of simple materials, pared down to essential forms, empty of both extraneous detail and action. Casebere's disconcerting ''sites'' recall prisons, monasteries, tunnels, factories and other such spaces. Casebere has gained increasing international acclaim in recent years as the leading proponent of what has become known as ''constructed photography.'' This is the first publication to comprehensively survey Casebere's career in its entirety, and provides an important contextual and visual framework in which to posit his soaring international reputation. His oeuvre can be seen in the full scope of its development, from his early preoccupation with the genre of the Western and the suburban home, to his concern with institutional buildings, to his recent investigations into the relationships between social control and social structures.- First edition published in 2001 by Edizioni Charta, Milano.- Essays inside by Anthony Vidler, Chris Chang, and Jeffrey Eugenides. - Extensive full color images throughout - 191 pages- Good condition. Wear to dust jacket. Pages inside are clean except for some light yellowing around borders.