Father + Son.

Smith (Paul) and Harold Smith

Father + Son.

Description: FIRST EDITION, 1343/5,000 COPIES with silver facsimile signatures of Harold and Paul Smith, 90 photographic illustrations (45 black-and-white, 45 colour), signature panels with a few faint marks, pp. 96, 10.5 x 15cm, two sections in fold-out binding, covers with photographic illustrations, a few production glue marks, very good

Publication Details: Violette Editions, 2000

Notes: Inscribed by Paul Smith on the cover of his section, to the author and bibliophile John Baxter.An intriguing edition, highlighting the photographic talent of the renowned British designer's father, a keen amateur photographer and co-founder of the Beeston Camera Club, and the parallels between the father and son's vision of the world, as evinced through their photographs. '[My father] thought about composition, light, witty juxtapositions, experiment – not only taking photographs but also developing and printing all his own work in his home-made attic darkroom. In contrast, my snaps with a...moreInscribed by Paul Smith on the cover of his section, to the author and bibliophile John Baxter.An intriguing edition, highlighting the photographic talent of the renowned British designer's father, a keen amateur photographer and co-founder of the Beeston Camera Club, and the parallels between the father and son's vision of the world, as evinced through their photographs. '[My father] thought about composition, light, witty juxtapositions, experiment – not only taking photographs but also developing and printing all his own work in his home-made attic darkroom. In contrast, my snaps with an instant camera are about observation, humour and the "caught moment". Very different from my father's photographs, but, oddly, strongly similar. What a pair!' (Paul Smith, violetteeditions[.]com) HIDE