Newsletters: Book Sale, Fan Ho, and Fred Lyon

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Friday: September 20, 2013

above: A screen shot from Fan Ho's new website, fanhophotography.com

Hello friends,

We hope your week is going well! It is very hard to believe we are in the last official days of summer! To celebrate we want to share with you our End of Summer Book Sale. We have both regular and limited edition titles by some of your favorite artists like Fan Ho, Brigitte Carnochan, Jamie Baldridge, Tom Chambers, Fred Lyon and Geir Jordahl.

Speaking of your favorite artists, we are happy to announce that Fan Ho has launched his website, fanhophotography.com and is now on facebook! Also, mark your calendar for Sunday, September 29, 2pm, for the premiere of a documentary for Modernbook Gallery artist, Fred Lyon. Both Fred and director Michael House will be present. The film, Fred Lyon: Living Through the Lens will be screened at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. For a sneak peek, here is the trailer for the film.

Wishing you a fantastic few days of summer and we look forward to your next visit!

Mark, Bryan, Danny, & Clara

Fred Lyon

Living Through the Lens

Above: A film still from Fred Lyon's upcoming documentary.

For those who love Fred Lyon's classic photographs of San Francisco during the 1940s and 1950s, mark you calendar for a very special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Sunday, September 29, 2pm, Fred Lyon and director Michael House will be present for the premiere of their new documentary, Fred Lyon: Living Through the Lens!

Tickets can be purchased here

Above: Cover of Fred Lyon's book San Francisco Then published by Modernbook Editions

We also want to remind you that we have both Regular and Limited Edition Box Set of Fred Lyon's book San Francisco Then in-stock. The book contains 70 images taken by Fred during the 1940s and 1950s and foreword written by former San Francisco mayor, Willie Brown.

Limited Edition Box Set comes with signed first edition book, limited edition signed photograph of Cable Car Turnaround, all enclosed in a clamshell case.

Regular Edition Book

$65 $50 SALE

Limited Edition Box Set

$500 $350 SALE

On your next visit to Modernbook Gallery please inquire to view Fred Lyon's photographs. We have a great selection in our flat file.

Almost Fiction

Current Exhibition and New Book

Our current exhibition and new book is Almost Fiction by Jamie Baldridge.

Almost Fiction joins the library of books published by Modernbook Editions and is available in two formats, Regular and Limited Edition Box Set.

The Limited Edition Box Set contains a signed first edition book, 6.5 x 6.5 inch photograph of The Hindenburg Signal Ballet, all enclosed in an elegant clamshell case.