Flash + Cube (1965-1975)

Flash + Cube (1965-1975) is an artist's book about the Sylvania flashcube - the space-aged, flash photography device, revolutionary in 1965 and nearly obsolete by 1975. Assembled from a wide range of archival materials - a "terrorist letter," G.I. photographs from Vietnam, Sylvania fl...

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Main Author: Long, Marget (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2013
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