A Period of Juvenile Prosperity ( signed & dated )

Mike Brodie

ISBN 10: 1936611023 / ISBN 13: 9781936611027

Published by Twin Palms, Santa Fe, NM, 2013

About this Item

1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 2013, Black cloth hardcover with photo illustrated end pages with the dust jacket, 104 page book.This is a scarce signed and dated (2013 ) copy . Mr. Brodie signed and dated on the main title page . Illustrated with 61 full page color plates by him .A Period of Juvenile Prosperity was named the best exhibition of the year by Vince Aletti in the magazine Artform. Also cited as one of the best photo books of 2013 by the following publication The Guardian , The New York Times, The Telegraph, and American Photo. It was on the short list for the Paris Photo/ Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award. Condition : NEW Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.

Seller Inventory # 071524-K

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Period of Juvenile Prosperity ( signed & dated )
• Publisher: Twin Palms, Santa Fe, NM
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 1936611023
• ISBN 13: 9781936611027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Author
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Editions
  • Photography / Art / Monograph / Documentary

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Synopsis

“A vivid photographic record of a teen subculture living a perilous life on the tracks” –the Guardian

At age 17, American photographer Mike Brodie hopped his first train close to home in Pensacola, Florida thinking he would visit a friend in Mobile, Alabama. Instead, the train went in the opposite direction to Jacksonville, Florida. Though he returned home a few days later, it sparked a desire to wander across the United States by any means that were free: walking, hitchhiking and train hopping. Despite having no formal training in photography, Brodie took a camera salvaged from behind a carseat and began to document his experiences on 35mm film. His portraits of fellow rail-riders have a soft, romantic warmth that belies Brodie’s earnestness. A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, Brodie’s first book, now in its fifth edition, was named one of the best photo books of 2013 by the Guardian, the New York Times, the Telegraph and American Photo Magazine.
Mike Brodie (born 1985) began his photography career while hitchhiking across the United States. He is best known for his images of young rail-riders and nomads and became known as the “Polaroid Kidd” among this itinerant community. After publication of A Period of Juvenile Prosperity Brodie took a hiatus from the art world, but not from photography. He has continued photographing for the past decade, and is currently editing a book of new work planned for release in 2024.