Jones, Harold. Universe City. Photographs by Harold Jones of Arizona State University.

University of Arizona Art Museum, 1985. Soft cover catalog issued to accompany an exhibit of 100 photos of the university by Harold Jones, September 8–25, 1985, with a Prologue by Robert Heinecken. 35 black and white plates, 40 pages. Very good with slight crimp on back cover.  SIGNED and inscribed on back of title page by Harold Jones, July 17, 1986.  Issued to accompany an exhibition of Jones’ photographs, September 8-25, 1985.  Uncommon, particularly if signed.  Summary:

Universe City is a photographic volume documenting a body of work by Harold Jones, issued in conjunction with an exhibition of his photographs at the University of Arizona Art Museum in 1985. The book presents around 100 black-and-white images made by Jones that explore the architectural and urban environment of Arizona State University and its surroundings, reflecting the visual character of campus life and the built landscape.

Rather than a straightforward documentary record, Jones’s photographs emphasize form, structure, and spatial relationships, often isolating architectural elements or framing campus scenes in ways that reveal surprising abstract patterns and rhythms. This connects to Jones’s broader photographic interests in visual perception and the interplay between everyday subjects and deeper compositional concerns. The catalogue includes a prologue by fellow photographer and critic Robert Heinecken, which situates the project within Jones’s artistic approach and the context of contemporary photography.

The work Universe City also relates to a larger project Jones pursued in the mid-1980s under the title University: A Photographic Inquiry (or “Universe City”), a two-volume photographic inquiry that comprises numerous gelatin silver prints and colour works, reflecting his sustained engagement with photographic exploration of place and environment.

Overall, the book functions as both an exhibition record and an aesthetic statement, inviting viewers to consider how familiar built spaces can be transformed through photographic vision into resonant, almost poetic visual experiences.