{"product_id":"a-man-holds-a-fish-9781991072016","title":"A Man Holds a Fish","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHAUNTING PORTRAITS BY ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by the legendary photographer himself, the 79 extraordinary images in Glenn Busch's A Man Holds A Fish cement and celebrate his reputation as one of New Zealand's most important photographers. Almost other-worldy, and striking in their humanity and emotional affect, the images in this resonant book bear returning to again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBusch's work secured public notice in 1984 with the publication of Working Men. As art writer Peter Ireland observes in his essay, In the early 1970s . . . the social documentary tradition was the reigning, respectable approach, and Busch's work remains foundational, even after half a century retaining a vividness and force in its resistance to any tendency to idealise in his portraiture, as this book so clearly attests.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA handsome, large-format book, beautifully designed by Seven, this book serves as both an introduction to the work of a hugely influential and widely regarded figure in photography in Aotearoa New Zealand and a celebration of his place in our art history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Papa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138448556375,"sku":"9781991072016","price":46.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781991072016.jpg?v=1751919440","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-man-holds-a-fish-9781991072016","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}