{"title":"Tom Bianchi","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Bianchi (b. 1945) is an American photographer, painter, and sculptor whose work spans five decades of image-making at the intersection of queer life, intimacy, and the body. Trained as a lawyer before turning to art, Bianchi developed a photographic practice during the AIDS crisis that brought private experience into public form — documenting friendship, desire, and community at a moment of acute historical pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis publications include \u003cem\u003eFire Island Pines: Polaroids 1975–1983\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Studio\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLiving with Dickens\u003c\/em\u003e, each extending his practice into the format of the artist book: square-format, restrained in design, attentive to the domestic and the intimate. Bianchi's books circulate as both photographic documents and objects in their own right — printed matter that carries the weight of a specific cultural moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Rare holds a selection of Tom Bianchi publications in original editions and later printings, sourced for condition and provenance. Each listing includes full bibliographic detail, condition notes, and original price history where retained.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tom-bianchi-living-with-dickens-1994","title":"TOM BIANCHI — Living with Dickens. St. Martin’s Press, 1994","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Paperback edition, following the 1993 first edition. Softcover, 80 pages, 21.9 × 22.3 cm. Black-and-white photographs and text. ISBN 0-312-10491-X.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good. Rubbing and surface marking to wrappers, with edge wear, softened corners and light creasing. Mild toning and signs of handling internally. Green 75¢ retail sticker retained on the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore concentrating on photography, Tom Bianchi worked for more than a decade as a painter and sculptor. His photographic practice developed during the AIDS crisis, bringing private life, friendship and intimacy into public view. Published shortly after \u003cem\u003eOut of the Studio\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiving with Dickens\u003c\/em\u003e redirects that close observation toward domestic companionship: a sequence of photographs and short texts recording life with his Abyssinian cat, Dickens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe square format and restrained typography place the book within the familiar language of the illustrated gift publication. Bianchi's photographs complicate that category through their attention to gesture, routine and occupation — Dickens among plants, at the table, inside cupboards and throughout the household.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back cover retains the publisher's original price of $13.95. On the front, a later green 75¢ sticker has been placed directly across the title. The reduction is unusually visible: a commercial book moved through clearance, resale and retention, while both stages of its price history remain printed onto the object. The sticker now reads less as an obstruction than as the clearest record of the copy's circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Bianchi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53986211660114,"sku":"BIANCHI-STMARTINS-PC-1994","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Bianchi_Tom.LivingwithDickens.1994.jpg?v=1783896844"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/tom-bianchi.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}