Bottoms Up Tapa dura - 2005

Santa Monica, CA: Fotofactory Press, 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, case-bound in maroon cloth lettered in gold, in publisher's original dust-jacket. 112 pages. Includes list of models and list of plates. Illustrated with more than 110 black and white photographs. First edition of a limited edition of 3,000 copies. "Ananda balasana, also known as the happy baby pose, is a reclining yoga pose that involves lying on your back and rolling from side to side." Whether rolling was involved in the taking of these images only the models and photographer know, but the aesthetic throughout is one of vulnerability and happiness. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy in a near like new dust-jacket. Jacket has no faults but lacks the crispness of new. An as new copy in a fine dust-jacket. .

FotoFactory Press, October 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Some creasing, roughing and very small closed tears to the head of the DJ. Minor rubbing to other edges and corners. Binding is very tight and square. Trivial shelving wear to the lower coverboard edges. All pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Dj is now protected by a mylar cover. Stated first edition.