Melnick, Robert A., Manhole Covers, with photographs by Robert A. Melnick. Annuals instead treating the human figure

instead treating the human figure as a series of sculptural forms

Hannibal Hamlin

rapid disintegration into war and the slow resurrection of a

including the Canterbury road (Chaucer)

Camera Annual 1958 functions as both an important historical document and a nexus of mid-20th-century photographic voices: it celebrates technical skill and artistic expression while marking a key moment when new

Melnick, Robert A., Manhole Covers, with photographs by Robert A. Melnick. Annuals instead treating the human figureM. I. T. Press, 1994. Wraps, second printing, very good plus with a few crimps. 252 pages. Photographs in black and white by Melnick of manhole covers across the United States with text by his widow, Mimi Melnick. Introduction by Alan Sekula. Summary: Manhole Covers (MIT Press, 1994) is an unusual and richly visual exploration of one of the most overlooked elements of the urban landscape: the cast iron disks set into city streets and sidewalks that