Twosomes is a 2012 PDN Photo Annual winner in the Book Category.
Published in 2011 by Un-Gyve Press the 218 page hardcover book Twosomes features 202 plates, 101 image pairs representing forty years of photography by Mark Chester. The 11" x 13" hardcover book with dustjacket retails for $75. ISBN: 9780982919804. Designed by Un-Gyve Limited. Introduction by Julia Courtney, Curator of Art for the Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Men with Pipes, Sweden, 1972 | Tribal Woman with Pipe, The Philippines, 1977 37 x 24.5 Copyright © Mark Chester
Eyeglasses, CA, 1978 | Sol Moscot Optician, NY, 1970 Copyright © Mark Chester
Street Ventriloquist, NY, 1983 | Family Singers, South Dakota, 1982 Copyright © Mark Chester
Gloves on Manhole Cover, NY, 1973 | Gloves on Wall, NY, 1973 40 x 24 Copyright © Mark Chester
Bowler, Japan, 1978 | Pitching Horseshoes, IA, 1974 38 x 21.5 Copyright © Mark Chester
Un-Gyve's award winning book design and collateral.
With the exception of the digital photographs indicated in the index, all images were shot on black and white film, either Kodak Tri-X or Ilford HP5 Plus, from an SLR, 35mm Nikon F camera with assorted focal length lenses, 20mm to 105mm.
Image preparation by Wm. Morse Editions, Boston
and Sands Creative Group / Fenway Communications, Boston.
and Sands Creative Group / Fenway Communications, Boston.
The title typeface is Letter Gothic, designed by Roger Roberson for IBM®, Armonk, New York. Optima type, designed by Hermann Zapf for the D. Stempel AG foundry, Frankfurt, Germany, is used for the text throughout.
Book design by Un-Gyve Limited, Boston.
