David M. Spear—THE NEUGENTS—1st Ed HC—Outsider NC Photos—Jargon Society

Description: • For Your Consideration: • AN INSCRIBED & SIGNED HARDCOVER (First Edition, First Printing) of: • “THE NEUGENTS: CLOSE TO HOME”(JARGON SOCIETY, 1993) (HARDCOVER, First Edition, First Printing) • PHOTOGRAPHS & TEXT BY DAVID M. SPEAR • AFTERWORD BY JONATHAN WILLIAMS • SIGNING NOTE: The photographer’s inscription & signature appear in black ink on the front free endpaper as follows: “For DARNELL, I hope you have a happy and prosperous 1994 —DAVID M. SPEAR Jan 25, 1994.” • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • “THE NEUGENTS: CLOSE TO HOME is a large-scale book of 66 black and white photographs of one North Carolina family.”—THE PUBLISHER • “In the late 1980s and early 90s, North Carolina photographer DAVID SPEAR spent several years documenting the lives of his neighbors, THE NEUGENTS. The family owned a tobacco farm in Rockingham County, and his photos depicted their attempts to keep their tobacco farm alive at a time when many others were dying. He described THE NEUGENTS as ‘fabulous people’ who ‘raise hell, and they don’t try to hide it.’” —WUNC (RADIO STATION) • “I began photographing THE NEUGENTS in 1987. I had chosen them as subjects because of the uniqueness of their lifestyle. What I found fascinating about them was their stubborn commitment to the attitudes more reminiscent of tobacco farmers of the early part of the century. They were throwbacks who continued to struggle within a system that had been replaced by agribusiness and industrial development.”—DAVID M. SPEAR, FROM HIS INTRODUCTION • “Well, at first, you think the material simply couldn’t be that promising—country folks feudin’, fightin’ and a-fussin’ in the Carolina Piedmont. Of course, you’d be wrong. DAVE SPEAR lives a way down a dirt road from THE NEUGENTS…. He and his cameras have spent over six years devoted to a group of exiles who happen to be his neighbors. He is, obviously, amazed and fascinated by THE NEGUENTS. More than that, he is dedicated to THE NEUGENTS, recording their life as it happens…. DAVE SPEAR tears down walls and let’s us see grace and humanity where we never expected to find it. How seldom plain, ordinary people are ever scrutinized this closely, except by the police and our innumerable hucksters and evangelists…. He has come at them straight-on and developed a clear, plate glass style with no frills, no fashion, no agenda…. When has one seen more honest pictures?” —JONATHAN WILLIAMS, FROM THE AFTERWORD • “I looked again at THE NEUGENTS the other day, and I must say that it is a piece of work. If you never do anything good again, you are in my judgment already off the hook.” —JOHN SZARKOWSKI, LATE DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART • “SPEAR doesn’t blink behind his camera lens, making us see the common humanity in these country cousins.”—DALE NEAL, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN • “A tour de force that is an important social document and contemporary—art statement, as well as a moving, respectful and decidedly unsentimental depiction of a vanishing way of rural American life.” —TOM PATTERSON • ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER: “DAVID M. SPEAR is a well-known photographer who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work on THE NEUGENTS. His work is in the collections of major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art. He is also the author of Visible Spirits, Photographs of Mexico.” —THE PUBLISHER • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “THE NEUGENTS: CLOSE TO HOME” PHOTOGRAPHER & AUTHOR: DAVID M. SPEAR AFTERWORD: JONATHAN WILLIAMS TYPE: HARDCOVER PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: THE JARGON SOCIETY (WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA), 1993 PRINTED & BOUND IN: JAPAN EDITION: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING* *RE: On the Copyright Page, & elsewhere, no later printings listed. NOTE: This copy is NOT an ex-library copy. PAGES: 100? SIZE: 12.00 x 11.75 x 1.00 (INCHES) ISBN: 0-393-04943-4 CONDITION OF THE BOOK: VERY GOOD MINUS.Book is square & firm. Brown cloth boards are clean but there is discoloring along the edges of both sides. The fore edge of the front is also moderately bowed (turns upward). Corners are lightly bumped & there’s a crease just above the bottom corner on the front. Spine is tight & uncreased with bumped tips. IMPORTANT NOTE: There are some foxing spots, light staining, & smudging on some parts of the text-block edges (please see photos). Some of the staining on the top text-block edge affect a small area of the top edge of the first ten pages (please see photos) & there are two light circular stains on the very last page at top, in the margin. Other than these issues, the pages are pointedly bright & clean—with no writing, no underlining, no stains, no rips, no foxing, no foul odor, etc. SUMMARY: This book has flaws on the covers & text-block edges (& the edges/margin area of 11 or so pages), but other than all that, this is very clean book (printed on thick, quality paper) & the stunning black-and-white photographs still pop from these pages. • SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a protected & sturdy box. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. 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Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-09-03T23:10:05.000Z

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