Essays by Elaine Dines-Cox and M. F. Agha

This is a reprint from the original artist's book published as a limited edition in 1970.

"There is an expression that if one were to stand at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 57th Street in Manhattan, everyone you know would eventually pas by. Ken O'Hara'sONE follows that concept. Shot in the mod 1960s on the streets of New York, it is a compelling visual meditation on mankind. O'hara's full bled images study those small things that make mankind unique. Stripped down to essentials, each page is eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair. Each page shows both the human mask and what lies beneath it. What is expressed in the mouth? What are eyes saying? Each page is a visual equation and a riddle to which you will consistently return" - from the book jacket

164 color illustrations
Meditations on space, art, war, death and religion merge with the homoerotic in John O’Reilly’s intensely personal photo transformations. For this artist, montage has proved the richest medium for personal allegory, and the formal and symbolic evolution of O’Reilly’s work corresponds to his own awakening self discovery. His working methods of cutting and pasting mirror the energy inherent in de-constructing and reconstructing the psyche. Alternately, the physical merging of iconic Others enables their psychic incorporation into the Self. Over twenty-five years of part-time employment as an art therapist have rendered O’Reilly equally interested in art and psychology and willing to use his deepest obsessions, fetishes, and fears as source material for his tiny assemblies of magic.- publisher

Introduction by David Halberstam
A revised edition of the 70's classic with new color photographs.

Working (I do it for the Money)
Bill Owens
1977 Simon & Schuster
113 pgs.
(out of print, used copies available)