Adrienne Salinger: Teenagers in Their Bedrooms (Redesigned, Remastered, Expanded D.A.P. Edition) [SIGNED]

SALINGER, Adrienne, WOLFF, Tobias, LIPPMANN, Sara

ISBN 10: 194288480X / ISBN 13: 9781942884804

Published by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc, New York, 2025

About this Item

First edition thus (redesigned, remastered, expanded D.A.P. edition), first printing. Signed in black marker on the title page by Salinger. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated paper-covered boards with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs, preface and texts (from videotaped interviews) by Adrienne Salinger. Introduction by Tobias Wolff. Afterword by Sara Lippmann. Designed by Bob Aufuldish, Aufuldish & Warinner. Includes a list of works. 144 pp. with 68 four-color plates (scanned from original 4x5" negatives and chromes, color-corrected by Echelon, Los Angeles), including 26 additional photographs not included in the 1995 edition. 10 x 11.5 inches. This first printing was limited to 4000 copies, and is expected to sell out quickly. New in New dust jacket (shrink-wrap slit open for signature). Excerpt from Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, July 26, 2025: "The new edition confirms the collection s status not merely as a beautifully constructed document of its time (a counterpart of sorts to Nan Goldin s images of young denizens of downtown New York in the late seventies and early eighties) but as an enduring work that speaks to our own moment in new and suggestive ways. Compared with the self-curated, only partially self-disclosing pictures that are the mainstay of social media, however, Salinger's images -- many accompanied by a short text drawn from extended video interviews she conducted -- have a disquieting intimacy, offering a sense of the perennial perilousness of adolescence." About the new edition of Salinger's ever-relevant series of 1980s and 90s teenagers in their bedrooms (from the publisher): "Bedrooms contain the past, the present and the future; they are sites of continual transformation. Popular culture and fashion continually change and recycle. While specific objects of decor change over time, teenagers' bedrooms are still private sanctuaries: spaces for safely experimenting during a time in life when one is forming and expressing ever-evolving identities. Upon its release in 1995, Adrienne Salinger's book In My Room was an immediate success, selling nearly 24,000 copies in its first few years. The continued popularity of this work made in the 80s and 90s is curious. However, over the nearly 30 years since, and especially in the most recent decade of social media, the work's appeal has grown tremendously. In some cases, the work evokes nostalgia, but not primarily so. Adrienne Salinger hears from current teenagers often; many send her pictures of their bedrooms today. Social media encourages users to endlessly "rebrand" their identities, creating idealized fantasies, striving for perfection. These photographs are not about perfection. They give voice to the contradictions of our identities. Hundreds of print and online articles, interviews and features on In My Room have been published and the work has been exhibited at museums all around the world. Long out of print and now considered a classic, with only a rare few available on the secondary market [signed copy available, item #106178], the book returns in a new expanded edition as Teenagers in Their Bedrooms. With 26 additional photographs, this treasure is made available once more to new audiences." From the publisher of the first edition (Chronicle Books, 1995): "As a haven from what is often the most painful and tumultuous period in a young person's life, the bedroom may be the only place teenagers can truly express themselves. Few teenagers welcome anyone in their bedroom, least of all adults. In In My Room: Teenagers in Their Bedrooms, photographer Adrienne Salinger has been allowed to enter the private lives of forty-three teens. Her images, taken over a two-year period, offer an intimate glimpse into these intimate escapes and the adolescents who have made them their own. Even small objects in each room reveal much about the hopes, fears, and dreams of each teen pictured: a poster of a heavy metal band on a wall, various.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adrienne Salinger: Teenagers in Their Bedrooms (Redesigned, Remastered, Expanded D.A.P. Edition) [SIGNED]
• Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 194288480X
• ISBN 13: 9781942884804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Adolescence
  • Portraiture
  • Signed Books
  • Home/House
  • Family/Personal History

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Synopsis

The new edition of Salinger’s ever-relevant series of 1980s and ’90s teenagers in their bedrooms

Bedrooms contain the past, the present and the future; they are sites of continual transformation. Popular culture and fashion continually change and recycle. While specific objects of decor change over time, teenagers' bedrooms are still private sanctuaries: spaces for safely experimenting during a time in life when one is forming and expressing ever-evolving identities.
Upon its release in 1995, Adrienne Salinger’s book In My Room was an immediate success, selling nearly 24,000 copies in its first few years. The continued popularity of this work made in the ’80s and ’90s is curious. However, over the nearly 30 years since, and especially in the most recent decade of social media, the work's appeal has grown tremendously. In some cases, the work evokes nostalgia, but not primarily so. Adrienne Salinger hears from current teenagers often; many send her pictures of their bedrooms today. Social media encourages users to endlessly "rebrand" their identities, creating idealized fantasies, striving for perfection. These photographs are not about perfection. They give voice to the contradictions of our identities.
Hundreds of print and online articles, interviews and features on In My Room have been published and the work has been exhibited at museums all around the world. Long out of print and now considered a classic, with only a rare few available on the secondary market, the book returns in a new expanded edition as Teenagers in Their Bedrooms. With 26 additional photographs, this treasure is made available once more to new audiences.
Adrienne Salinger has published three photobooks: In My Room (1995), Living Solo (1999) and Middle Aged Men (2007). She is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of New Mexico.

From the Back Cover

The new edition of Salinger's ever-relevant series of 1980s and '90s teenagers in their bedrooms.

Bedrooms contain the past, the present and the future; they are sites of continual transformation. Popular culture and fashion continually change and recycle. While specific objects of decor change over time, teenagers' bedrooms are still private sanctuaries: spaces for safely experimenting during a time in life when one is forming and expressing ever-evolving identities.

Upon its release in 1995, Adrien