Approaching Nowhere: Photographs by Jeff Brouws (First Print / First Edition) NF

Jeff Brouws

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Language: English

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2006

0393062740 / 9780393062748

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NF/NF. First Edition; First Printing. 2006. W.W. Norton, New York. Unmarked. Hardcover. Near Fine red paper-covered boards w/ blind-stamped spine. Near Fine photographic dust jacket; unclipped. 160 pp. 12.4x11.74 in. Offset-lithographic color plates on high-gloss paper stock. Photographic survey of the late twentieth-century American roadside by Jeff Brouws, documenting abandoned drive-ins, vacant strip malls, & franchised commercial spaces. Critical essays by William L. Fox & Brouws accompany the plates. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Approaching Nowhere: Photographs by Jeff Brouws is a large-format color photography monograph published by W.W. Norton & Company in 2006. Jeff Brouws's panoramic lens captures the quiet, haunting desolation of the modern American highway and its surrounding commercial ruins. The monograph documents the transformation of the American landscape from local, vernacular roots into a homogeneous, corporate terrain of franchised spaces, discarded sites, and suburban sprawl. Red paper-covered boards with blind-stamped black spine lettering secure the heavy, high-gloss paper stock printed in Italy by Mondadori Printing, Verona. The accompanying photographic dust jacket features a landscape view of Highway 196 in Rowley Junction, Utah, on the front panel and a Minneapolis strip mall parking lot on the rear. William L. Fox contributes a substantial introductory essay analyzing the visual and social realities of de-industrialization. Mondadori Printing in Verona, Italy, executed the color-separation and lithographic printing of the offset-lithographic color plates, capturing the nuanced lighting of night-time parking lots and misty, fog-shrouded roadsides. The academic study of American geography and post-war suburban development finds a visual reference in these pages.…

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Title
Approaching Nowhere: Photographs by Jeff Brouws (First Print / First Edition) NF
Author
Jeff Brouws
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, New York
Publication year
2006
Condition
NEAR FINE
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0393062740
ISBN 13
9780393062748
Illustrator
Jeff Brouws
Edition
First Edition.
Printing
1st printing
Item weight
89 ounces
Dimensions
12.4 x 11.74 inches
Seller catalogs
Americana, Art Monographs, Photography

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