Telex Iran: In the Name of the Revolution by Gilles Peress, First Edition

Telex Iran: In the Name of the Revolution by Gilles Peress 

First Edition, First Printing, 1983

This is a first edition, first printing of the critically acclaimed photobook “Telex Iran: In the Name of the Revolution” published by Aperture, New York, in 1983. “Telex Iran” chronicles the crisis in United States-Iran relations in late 1979 and early 1980 when militant Iranian students seized the American Embassy and held its inhabitants hostage. The resulting images were lavished with praise and with a rare unanimity: "A book of brilliant visual nervousness between covers" (Cornell Capa). "I appreciate so much the visual strength of Gilles Peress' photographs. They depict an Iran so different from the one I knew through reading and my travels" (Henri Cartier-Bresson).

Measuring approximately 15” x 10.5”, the book is bound in stiff photographically illustrated wraps. The book is in FINE- condition with minimal surface wear. Overall, this is an excellent copy of a photobook that is highly sought after as an emerging classic.

Cited in all three reference books on photobooks: “The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century” by Andrew Roth and “The Photobook: A History”, by Parr and Badger, and “The Open Book” by Andrew Roth.

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