On this site / Joel Sternfeld.

Main entry:

Sternfeld, Joel.

Title & Author:

On this site / Joel Sternfeld.

Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl, 2012.

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 31 cm

Notes:
First edition published in 1996 by Chronicle Books.
"Between 1993 and 1996, Joel Sternfeld photographed 50 infamous crime sites around the US. On This Site, contains images of these unsettlingly normal places, ordinary landscapes left behind after tragedies, their hidden stories disturbingly invisible. Each photograph is accompanied by a text describing the crime that took place at the location."--Publisher's WWW site.

Summary:

In this sobering collection of photographs, Joel Sternfeld looks at fifty places where violence has stained the American landscape. Arriving long after news photographers have gone, he presents us with the landscape that is left behind, the ordinary site that remains after the tragedy. Free of the sensationalism of contemporary reporting, these unadorned images, and the brief text that accompanies them, have a surprising power, allowing us to contemplate the meaning of what has taken place, and what has been lost.In this work, one of the most acclaimed photographers of our time extends the documentary tradition, finding a way to visualize our beleaguered national sense, shaken by decades of violence. This groundbreaking work asks that we broaden our conventional definition of violence to include the consequences of corporate irresponsibility and governmental indifference. This, too, is the American landscape.

ISBN:

9783869304342 (hardcover)
3869304340 (hardcover)

Subject:

Sternfeld, Joel
Crime scenes United States Pictorial works.
Documentary photography United States.
Violence United States Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Lieux du crime États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie documentaire États-Unis.
Violence États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Crime scenes
Documentary photography
Violence
United States
Photography United States 1990-2000.

Form/genre:

Pictorial works

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 282138
Call No.: TR140.S839.A35 2012
Status: Available

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