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Joel Sternfeld : American Prospects by Kerry Brougher (2004, Hardcover)

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Item Weight: 34.4 Oz Topic: Individual Photographers / General, General, United States / General Format: Hardcover Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Publication Year: 2004 Synopsis: 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. Number of Pages: 140 Pages Item Width: 14.5 in Dewey Decimal: 779.9/97392 Item Length: 11.8 in Language: English brand: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Reviews: In the late 1970s and early '80s Joel Sternfield criss-crossed the country, from Beverly Hills, Calif., to Aroostook County, Me., capturing Thoreau's lives of quiet desperation whipsawed by the American dream in transition. One of the most powerful images here is of a potato harvest. A bone-weary girl waits on a barrel of potatoes on a gray Maine day. The horizon looms before her, but rather than being limitless it seems as if it means to crush her. "American Prospects," first issued in 1987, is an essential documant in understanding both 20th- and 21st-century America. Number of Volumes: 1 vol. Book Title: Joel Sternfeld : American Prospects Dewey Edition: 21 Grade To: UP ISBN-10: 1891024779 Grade From: College Freshman ISBN-13: 9781891024771 Author: Kerry Brougher gtin13: 9781891024771 Edition: 2 Genre: Travel, Photography Illustrator: Yes

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JOEL STERNFELD: AMERICAN PROSPECTS - 2003 - HARDCOVER - PUBLISHED BY D.A.P. Essay by Kerry Brougher, Andy Grundberg, Anne W. Tucker Published by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2003 , Hardcover Condition: Dust jacket has minor wear, otherwise in good condition I hope to make this a very happy and smooth transaction. Feel free to contact me with any questions

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