Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects
by Sternfeld, Joel (Photographs); Anne Tucker; Kerry Brougher; Andy Grundberg (Texts)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New in publisher's shrink wrap
- ISBN 10
- 1891024779
- ISBN 13
- 9781891024771
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New York: D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Small Oblong Folio. 140pp. Original hardcover in photo-illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine.
"Originally published in 1987, Joel Sternfeld's now-classic view of America is here remastered, redesigned and reprinted at a larger, brighter, truer scale. Finally, photography and offset printing techniques have caught up with Sternfeld's eye, and this new edition of American Prospects succeeds in presenting Sternfeld's most seminal work as it has always meant to be shown. A specially-commissioned essay by Kerry Brougher, Chief Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, considers the historical context in which Sternfeld was working and the pivotal role that American Prospects has played in the course of contemporary filmmaking and art photography. In American Prospects, a fireman shops for a pumpkin while a house burns in the background; a group of motorcyclists stop at the side of the road to take in a stunning, placid view of Bear Lake, Utah; the high-tech world headquarters of the Manville Corporation sits in picturesque Colorado, obscured by a defiant boulder; a lone basketball net stands in the desert near Lake Powell in Arizona; and a cookie-cutter suburban housing settlement rests squarely amongst rolling hills in Pendleton, Oregon. Sternfeld's photographic tour of America is a search for the truth of a country not just as it exists in a particular era but as it is in its ever-evolving essence. It is a sad poem, but also a funny and generous one, recognizing endurance, poignant beauty, and determination within its sometimes tense, often ironic juxtapositions of man and nature, technology and ruin." (D.A.P.).
"Originally published in 1987, Joel Sternfeld's now-classic view of America is here remastered, redesigned and reprinted at a larger, brighter, truer scale. Finally, photography and offset printing techniques have caught up with Sternfeld's eye, and this new edition of American Prospects succeeds in presenting Sternfeld's most seminal work as it has always meant to be shown. A specially-commissioned essay by Kerry Brougher, Chief Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, considers the historical context in which Sternfeld was working and the pivotal role that American Prospects has played in the course of contemporary filmmaking and art photography. In American Prospects, a fireman shops for a pumpkin while a house burns in the background; a group of motorcyclists stop at the side of the road to take in a stunning, placid view of Bear Lake, Utah; the high-tech world headquarters of the Manville Corporation sits in picturesque Colorado, obscured by a defiant boulder; a lone basketball net stands in the desert near Lake Powell in Arizona; and a cookie-cutter suburban housing settlement rests squarely amongst rolling hills in Pendleton, Oregon. Sternfeld's photographic tour of America is a search for the truth of a country not just as it exists in a particular era but as it is in its ever-evolving essence. It is a sad poem, but also a funny and generous one, recognizing endurance, poignant beauty, and determination within its sometimes tense, often ironic juxtapositions of man and nature, technology and ruin." (D.A.P.).
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52261
- Title
- Joel Sternfeld: American Prospects
- Author
- Sternfeld, Joel (Photographs); Anne Tucker; Kerry Brougher; Andy Grundberg (Texts)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1891024779
- ISBN 13
- 9781891024771
- Publisher
- D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- color photography, American photography, Manville Corporation, Colorado, Pendleton, Oregon, Lake Powell, Arizona
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