Ian Byers-Gamber, If They Can Do It, Why Can't We?

If They Can Do It, Why Can't We?

Ian Byers-Gamber

Publisher
Sming Sming Books
Year
2021
Specifications
softcover
7 x 9 in
64 pages + one 4x5 photograph
1 insert + 1 double-sided broadsheet newsprint poster
colour
Edition of 250
Design by Sming Sming Books
Texts by Kate Alexandrite and Lucas Wrench
Cover stock made from used file folders, cover photograph randomly selected from 11 possibilities

When the original home of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater was sold to an apartment developer, its historic designation required architectural documentation prior to demolition. Given his ongoing work with the theater, Ian Byers-Gamber was recommended for the job. The Library of Congress standards for photographing buildings serve legibility and archival quality: black and white, wide-angle documentation of every wall, corner and detail before the space disappears forever.

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