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State of the Union

Mitch Epstein

BOO 3404 U
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CONDITION & NOTES
Very Good / Exterior has a minor bump to the top left corner.
TYPE PUBLICATION YEAR
Hardcover

 2011
EDITION LANGUAGE
First

 English, German
PUBLISHER DIMENSIONS
Hatje Cantz 37.5 x 25.5 x 2 cm
CONDITION
Very Good / Exterior has a minor bump to the top left corner.

TYPE
Hardcover

PUBLICATION YEAR
2011

EDITION
First

LANGUAGE
English, German

PUBLISHER
Hatje Cantz

DIMENSIONS
37.5 x 25.5 x 2 cm

ABOUT

Mitch Epstein (born 1952) is among America's finest contemporary photographers. Two of the most powerful series upon which his reputation rests are Recreation (1973-1988) and American Power (2003), sequences that attempt to make fundamental statements about the U.S. by scrutinizing how its citizens spend their leisure and how its energy industry operates. 


This publication examines the development of Epstein's work through the example of these two very different series. Recreation exemplifies traditional American street photography in its sometimes ironized depiction of everyday circumstances, where American Power critiques the energy industry and its interventions in nature in much bolder gestures — cooling towers and oil refineries dominate the picture frame, riding roughshod over all rules of proportion and dwarfing anything in their vicinity. Here, in 80 color images selected from these series, Epstein's development is traced, from major protagonist of the American color photography boom to leading commentator on the state of the nation.