Mitch Epstein State of the Union - Hardcover
Mitch Epstein (*1952 in Holyoke, Massachusetts) is numbered among the outstanding contemporary American photographers. This publication examines the development of Epstein s work through the example of two very different series of photographs.Recreation American Photographs (1973-1988) represents traditional American street photography and depicts everyday situations that make fundamental statements about life in the United States in the 1970s and 80s.Coincidental encounters document the open nature of a pluralistic society, which seems to lose its sense of liberality in later decades.This is implied in the title of the second series of photos,American Power, which Epstein began in 2003. It draws attention to one of the major power conglomerates in America the energy industry,which intervenes not only in society, but in nature as well, transforming them both in the process. Cooling towers and refineries dominate the images, breaking all rules of proportion and degrading everything else around them to the status of insignificant marginalia.
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- PublisherHatje Cantz
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 3775727841
- ISBN 13 9783775727846
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages120
- EditorBonn Kunst Museum
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State of the Union [SIGNED]
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED COPY Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern. 2010. Hardcover in pictorial boards. First edition, first printing. 10" x 14". 120 pages with 59 colour photos. SIGNED by Mitch Epstein on the title page. Book Condition: New/Fine. SIGNED From the publisher: "State of the Union examines the development of Epstein's oeuvre on the basis of two very different series of photographs. Recreation: American Photographs (1973-1988) represents traditional American Street Photography and depicts everyday situations, quintessential testimony to life in the United States in the seventies and eighties. The open nature of a pluralistic society, one that decades later seems to have lost its fortuity, is documented in the randomness of the encounters. This is implied in the title of the second photo series American Power, which Epstein began in 2003. It draws attention to one of the major power conglomerates in America, the energy industry, one that intervenes not only in society, but in nature as well, transforming them both in the process. Cooling towers and refineries dominate the images, breaking all rules of proportion and degrading everything else around them to the status of insignificant marginalia.". Seller Inventory # 285
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