Blackface

Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. First trade edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 153pp. Square quarto [31 x 28.5cm]. Bound in black cloth; title blind stamped on spine and front board. Author's name stamped in bright yellow ink. Head of spine bumped. Foot of boards a bit rubbed. Dust jacket rubbed, with light creasing to the edges. Laid in Spring 1999 publisher's catalogue. Photographer David Levinthal uses toys, props and dramatic lighting to construct miniature environments. In the challenging and provocative "Blackface," he has recreated scenes of racism, genocide, and sexual fantasies. The "pictures explore viewer subjectivity and question the manufacture and popularity of 'black memorabilia.'