Description

Large format paperback, quarto bound in pictorial white card covers with flaps. 83 pages. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. First edition. Divided into two main sections, the first 30 pages serves as a biographical introduction to the photographer and the world in which he worked and is illustrated with 62 vignette photographs. Kamil Chadirji was an Iraqi politician, photographer, lawyer and founder of the National Democratic Party in Iraq. Born into a privileged family his access to money and education gave him a unique opportunity to observe the social life of the country. The second section contains 50 full page captioned photographs. No previous ownership marks. A clean, bright, and unmarked copy of an exceedingly scarce work. Fine.