Book Title: LA / NY
Photographer/s: Sam Wong & Jack Shelton
Place of publication: Melbourne, Australia
Year of publication: 2015
Publisher: Self Published
Language: English
Dimensions of book: 285 x 220 mm
Edition size: 150 with a limited edition photo box
Binding, paper & printing details: Saddle stitch, elastic bound, Digital colour prints on coated paper.
Number of pages: 90
Number of pictures: 47
Designer: Alex Crampton
Editor: Sam Wong / Jack Shelton
Printer: Blue Print Dynamic Printing
Retail price: $45 AUD
Where to buy/ Stores, distributors, URLs : Metropolis Books, Press Books, Hillvale.
Link/s to existing book reviews:
http://assemblepapers.com.au/happening/la-ny/
Summary of project:
“HAVING SUCSESSFULLY COLLABORATED ON THE 2013 PROJECT ‘REIGN’ JACK SHELTON AND SAM WONG TEAM UP AGAIN TO SHOW THEIR TAKE ON OPPOSING SIDES OF THE U.S. A COLOURFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SET AGAINST A STARK BLACK AND WHITE NEW YORK. THE PROJECT TOOK FORM OF A BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION AS PART OF THE PHOTO-BOOK MELBOURNE 2015 FESTIVAL EARLY THIS YEAR, MELBOURNE’S VERY FIRST INTERNATIONAL PHOTO BOOK FESTIVAL.”
Sam Wong