GRAHAM, Paul. End of an Age.

(Zurich, Berlin, New York): Scalo, 1999.  First edition.  Quarto.  32.5cm by 25cm.  104 pages.  Graham captures the threshold moments that mark the ending of adolescence the small slice of time between youthful indulgence and the emerging awareness of adult responsibilities. His photographs resonate between these two poles: between full-on consciousness and escape: between staring the world in the eye or shying away; between seeing the world with shocking clarity and the desire to hide oneself from that reality: The photographs alternate between ultra-sharp direct flash images where every detail is minutely recorded and the opposite extreme with loose available-light photographs saturated with color blurred and sometimes poorly focused.  A fine copy in very good dust jacket, small nick at head of spine.