Melnick, Robert A., Manhole Covers, with photographs by Robert A. Melnick. Annuals instead treating the human figure

instead treating the human figure as a series of sculptural forms

the Annual maintained its reputation as a "technician’s bible" through several recurring sections:

including the Canterbury road (Chaucer)

and crimps

specifically featuring motifs of her daughter Julia

Melnick, Robert A., Manhole Covers, with photographs by Robert A. Melnick. Annuals instead treating the human figureM. I. T. Press, 1994. Wraps, second printing, very good plus with a few crimps. 252 pages. Photographs in black and white by Melnick of manhole covers across the United States with text by his widow, Mimi Melnick. Introduction by Alan Sekula. Summary: Manhole Covers (MIT Press, 1994) is an unusual and richly visual exploration of one of the most overlooked elements of the urban landscape: the cast iron disks set into city streets and sidewalks that