A complete, two-volume slipcased special edition documenting the radical, experimental photography of Grey Crawford’s Chroma series.

From 1978 to 1985, Los Angeles-based photographic artist Grey Crawford created a series of hand-printed color photographs using intricate masks and filters, pioneering a pre-digital aesthetic that was decades ahead of its time.

Chroma perfectly captures Los Angeles at a pivotal moment of transformation, as it shifted from the agricultural expanses of the 1960s to become the globalized urban centre it is today.

The creation of Chroma ran in parallel with the emergence and development of key artistic movements of 1970s California. Grey Crawford’s work unites the minimal aesthetic of the Light and Space movement, the emptiness of Lewis Baltz and Ed Ruscha’s American landscapes, and the hard-edge abstract painting of Karl Benjamin and John McLaughlin, through an experimental approach to photography that remains uniquely his own.

Crawford’s work holds an important place in art history, and its visionary aesthetic remains relevant and more familiar than ever in the 21st century.

The books feature essays by Jonathan Casciani, Ashley Gallant, Hannah Glauner, Timothy Persons, Mark Rawlinson, Lyle Rexer, and detailed, technical descriptions of the process used to create the images in the darkroom by the artist himself.

Vol 1.
24.7 x 30.6 cm
152 pages
Hardcover, printed cover, section sewn, speciality papers throughout
1st Edition & Second printing, 2022

Vol 2.
24.7 x 30.6 cm
168 pages
Hardcover, printed cover, section sewn, speciality papers throughout
1st Edition, 2026

English

Published by Beam Editions
ISBN

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