Light and Illusion is the story of Ray Jones, the first still photographer to win an Academy Award as head of Universal Studio's still photography department during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s. Lavishly illustrated with vintage star portraits, this book celebrates his work and describes the role studio photogrpahers played in the growth of the Hollywood mystique.
Softcover with flaps, 120pp., 23x28cm., richly illustr. in b/w., in very good condition (spine slightly rubbed). ISBN: 9781890449001.
23x28cm
120 pp.
Balcony Press 1998 Glendale
