What Was True: The Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney

First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 192pp. Edited and with an essay by Margaret Sartor; introduction by Maria Friedlander. A near fine copy. *** A posthumous publication of the photographs and notebooks of American photographer William Gedney (1932-1989). Although well-known and respected during his lifetime, this is the first publication on his work; it led to a revival of appreciation for this photographer’s photographer. Beautiful b/w photos of his own street and neighborhood in Brooklyn, and further afield in San Francisco and India.