Masterpieces of Medical Photography: Selections from the Burns Archive

Edited by Joel-Peter Witkin ; Captions by Stanley B. Burns.

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine red cloth-covered boards, with printed dust jacket. Edited and with an introduction by Joel-Peter Witkin. Captions and Afterword by Stanley B. Burns, M.D. Unpaginated, with 40 four-color plates on uncoated paper. 12-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches. This first edition was limited to 3000 hardbound copies. Out of print. RARE & Scarce. Selection of photographs from the Burns Archive, which contains over 700,000 vintage prints, including the world’s largest collection of early medical photographs.

Title: Masterpieces of Medical Photography: Selections from the Burns Archives.

Publisher: Twelvetrees Press, Pasadena, California

Publication Date: 1987

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine / Personal inscription handwritten interior title page.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good / Mild signs of aging.

Edition: 1st Edition.

Asking USD$200

Joel-Peter Witkin is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work often deals with such themes as death, corpses (and sometimes dismembered portions thereof), and various outsiders such as dwarfs, transsexuals, hermaphrodites, and physically deformed people. Witkin’s complex tableaux often recall religious episodes or famous classical paintings.