Knopf. First Edition, 2009. 268 pages.

A beautiful document and well researched project by Stephenson into this period of Eugene Smith’s life and time living in a loft in the Flower District of Manhattan. During this period Smith was going through his massive Pittsburgh project, documenting the coming and going of the many Jazz musicians who practiced at night in the loft, and the going ons of the bustling street outside by day. Smith was also slowly having a nervous breakdown. Illustrated throughout with examples of Smith’s work and related ephemera. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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