Main entry:

Brumfield, William Craft, 1944- photographer, author.

Title & Author:

Lost America = Тихая Америка / Уильям К. Брумфилд / William C. Brumfield. Tikhaya Amerika / Uil'yam K. Brumfild.

Publication:

Moskva : Tri Kvadrata, 2024.
©2024

Description:

111 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color photographs) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Chiefly illustrated.
Introduction by Natalya Shashkova, Director A.V. Shchusev National Museum of Architecture, Moscow; foreward by Mark Akopyan.
"The book "Lost America", based on photographs from my exhibit of the same name at the A. V. Shchusev Museum of Architecture, is a statement of my understanding of photography as an art form. Most of the photographs were taken in the mid-1970s when I was already beginning to comprehend the role of photography in my interpretation of Russian culture. But at the same time, I was mysteriously drawn to American corners -- often forgotten or abandoned -- that captured the essence of what photography could express. A photograph is uniquely of the moment and yet it is capable of expressing, implying, the eternal process of change in the world. The five sections in this book examine the transcendental nature of process in static objects, moments that capture the transformation caused by abrasion, neglect, abandonment, or simply weathering--the gentle action of waves sculpting the most striking forms over unimaginable time"--Provided by author.
Russian text with English translation.

Summary:

"In the retina-searing, post-apocalyptic vision of Lost America, William Brumfield excavates, with a penetrating and prescient eye, the substrate of lost dreams, lost hopes, and lost promise of a historical moment that was a tipping point between national aspiration and despair. His pensive, probing images of ephemeral elements of the urban and rural landscape are meticulous meditations on the American Dream in the process of dissolution. Elegiac, never more timely than at present, they reflect the legacy of that vanished America."--Lena Lencek, Professor of Humanities, Reed College.

ISBN:

9785946072700
5946072706

Subject:

Brumfield, William Craft, 1944-
East Building of the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), host institution.
Documentary photography United States History 20th century Pictorial works.
Interior architecture United States 20th century Pictorial works.
Dwellings United States 20th century Pictorial works.
Photographie documentaire États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture intérieure États-Unis 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Habitations États-Unis 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
United States Description and travel 20th century Pictorial works.
États-Unis Descriptions et voyages 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.

Form/genre:

documentary photographs.
Documentary photographs.
Photographies documentaires.

Added entries:

Shashkova, Natalya, writer of introduction.
Akopyan, Mark, author of introduction, etc.
Gosudarstvennyĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ muzeĭ arkhitektury imeni A.V. Shchuseva, host institution.

Tikhaya Amerika
Lost America = Тихая Америка /

Holdings:

Location: Library main
Copy: 1
Status: On Order