Isidore Isou contributes an essay written in 1968 which includes an "Introduction au Lettrisme," "La Photographie Ciselante," "La Photographie Lettriste et Hypergraphique," "La Photographie Supertemporelle," and "L'Avenir de la Photographie." The photographs mainly depict images captured by the camera from life or collage and subsequently treated with paint, ink, and/or scratched additions to the negative or the photograph itself. This copy is one of 20 reserved for the contributors which in this was Maurice Lemaitre. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes four photographs by Ralph Eugene Meatyard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The outstretched hand placed into an opened picture frame is the main focal point in this work. It overlays fragmented words with a charged political content, e.g., nudity, oppression, art, suspect, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print by Chopin, entitled "Rockets" is numbered 1/XXX and is flat in contrast to the folded print in the limited edition portfolio. Similarly, the drawing with handwritten text by Heidsieck is part of the maquette along with an unfolded print. This drawing is a chronologic accounting of the relationship between Heidsieck (BH) and Chopin (HC) from extracts of letters. The latter is listed in the database as a separate entry but is stored in the Chopin drawer. This work includes seven original typwriter poems made by Chopin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This photocollage was used for OU 23/24, 1965. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Commissioned for "The Beauty in Breathing" exhibition. Torok reproduced a translucent fragment of a Seurat painting "Une baignade à Asnières," with a computer in which its clarity is obscured according to his ideas by the effects of the presumed passage of time, exposure to environmental pollutants and occurrence of catastrophic weather conditions. These conditions are listed in bold type face partially overlaying each of the six images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The photograph depicts Baroni with hands over his face and colored abstract markings over it. The prints depict images associated with death and fear, e.g., skeleton head, bound body. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.