Stephen Shore : steel town / [text by Helen Epstein].

Main entry:

Stephen Shore (MACK)

Title & Author:

Stephen Shore : steel town / [text by Helen Epstein].

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[London] : MACK, [2021]
©2021

Description:

96 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm

Notes:
Chiefly illustrated.
Text by Helen Epstein.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

In 1977, Stephen Shore travelled across New York state, Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio - an area in the midst of industrial decline that would eventually be known as the Rust Belt. Shore met steelworkers who had been thrown out of work by plant closures and photographed their suddenly fragile world: deserted factories, lonely bars, dwindling high streets, and lovingly decorated homes. Across these images, a prosperous middle America is seen teetering on the precipice of disastrous decline. Hope and despair alike lurk restlessly behind the surfaces of shop fronts, domestic interiors, and the fraught expressions of those who confront Shore's 4x5" view camera. Originally commissioned as an extended photographic report for Fortune Magazine in the vein of Walker Evans, Shore's multifaceted investigation has only gained political salience in the intervening years. Shore's subjects - including workers, union leaders, and family members - had voted for Jimmy Carter the year preceding his visit; now he found them disillusioned with the new president, fated to leave behind the Democratic party and become the 'Reagan Democrats'. Through unfailingly engrossing images by one of the world's acknowledged masters, Steel Town provides an immersive portrait of a time and place whose significance to our own is ever more urgent. With a text by Helen C. Epstein, author, translator and professor of human rights and public health.-- Description from the publisher

ISBN:

1913620069 hardback
9781913620066 hardback

Subject:

Shore, Stephen, 1947-
Street photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Deindustrialization New York (State) Pictorial works.
Deindustrialization Pennsylvania Pictorial works.
Deindustrialization Ohio Pictorial works.
Iron and steel workers United States Social conditions 20th century.
Iron and steel workers United States Economic conditions 20th century.
Iron and steel workers United States 20th century Social conditions.
Iron and steel workers United States 20th century Economic conditions.
Désindustrialisation New York (État) Ouvrages illustrés.
Désindustrialisation Pennsylvanie Ouvrages illustrés.
Désindustrialisation Ohio Ouvrages illustrés.
Travailleurs du fer et de l'acier États-Unis 20e siècle Conditions sociales.
Travailleurs du fer et de l'acier États-Unis 20e siècle Conditions économiques.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie de rue.
Travailleurs du fer et de l'acier États-Unis Conditions sociales 20e siècle.
Travailleurs du fer et de l'acier États-Unis Conditions économiques 20e siècle.
art photography.
Deindustrialization
New York (State)
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United States

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
photobooks.
Photobooks
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Shore, Stephen, 1947-
Epstein, Helen, 1947- writer of added commentary.

Steel town

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309872
Call No.: BIB 255015
Status: Available

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