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A New American Photographic Dream
US Today After
Edited by Gilles Verneret. Text by Gilles Morat, Jean-Louis Poitevin.
Published on the occasion of the 2010 Lyon Biennial of Photography, A New American Photographic Dream focuses on contemporary photography in the United States. The theme of this biennial explores the leading role that the United States continues to occupy in the global cultural imagination, for better and for worse. It highlights the work of 20 contemporary photographers: Paul Fusco, Nina Berman, Andrew Bush, Elinor Carucci, Jessica Dimmock, Terry Evans, Brad Harris, Elisabeth Heyert, Todd Hido, Alex S. Maclean, Luis Mallo, Suzanne Opton, Victoria Sambunaris, Martin Schoeller, Paul Shambroom, Alec Soth, Andrea Stern, Jonathan Torgovnik, Jeffrey A. Wolin and Katherine Wolkoff. The role that America has played in the development of modern photography is examined critically in essays by Jean-Louis Poitevin, Gilles Verneret and Gilles Morat.
Backyard Pools, made in Frankfort Square, Illinois by Terry Evans, is reproduced from A New American Photographic Dream.
"Two hundred portfolios were consulted, along with dozens of photo galleries and websites gone through with a fine toothed comb to make a first selection of around fifty photographers, plus the thirty contemporary ones under the guardianship of Paul Fusco which were later brought down to twenty, when the framework of a documentary vision was decided. To round off with a trip to New York allowed us to see some of the artists and/or their galleries in the flesh and bone, and to put the final touches by blending the themes and the works. At the end of this long trek on the cloudy routes of the internet, the title A New American Photographic Dream naturally emerged..."
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.25 x 11.25 in. / 120 pgs / 96 color / 24 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $40.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $50 ISBN: 9788836618125 PUBLISHER: Silvana Editoriale AVAILABLE: 3/31/2011 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Published by Silvana Editoriale. Edited by Gilles Verneret. Text by Gilles Morat, Jean-Louis Poitevin.
Published on the occasion of the 2010 Lyon Biennial of Photography, A New American Photographic Dream focuses on contemporary photography in the United States. The theme of this biennial explores the leading role that the United States continues to occupy in the global cultural imagination, for better and for worse. It highlights the work of 20 contemporary photographers: Paul Fusco, Nina Berman, Andrew Bush, Elinor Carucci, Jessica Dimmock, Terry Evans, Brad Harris, Elisabeth Heyert, Todd Hido, Alex S. Maclean, Luis Mallo, Suzanne Opton, Victoria Sambunaris, Martin Schoeller, Paul Shambroom, Alec Soth, Andrea Stern, Jonathan Torgovnik, Jeffrey A. Wolin and Katherine Wolkoff. The role that America has played in the development of modern photography is examined critically in essays by Jean-Louis Poitevin, Gilles Verneret and Gilles Morat.
