New York Inside Out, Walker, Robert (Photographer) William S Burroughs (Introduction). Published by Skyline/Oxford University Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong 4to up to 12″ tall; 88pp. Blue boards with gilt titles. Boards and contents in fine, unmarked condition; unclipped dustjacket has light shelf wear.
Robert Walker is a renowned Canadian photographer whose work has been exhibited internationally. He lived for 10 years in New York photographing the city. In 1979, the first results of this work were exhibited in Paris by Robert Delpire at his gallery Nouvel Observateur in a two-person show with Lynne Cohen called Silences et Stridences. In 1984, Oxford University Press published a full-length book of these photographs. .
William Seward Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
