{"title":"Brian Ulrich","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrian Ulrich’s work offers a compelling exploration of contemporary culture through striking visual narratives. His books invite readers to engage with themes of consumerism, society, and place, often challenging conventional perceptions with a thoughtful, artistic approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Ulrich’s photography and insights blend to create evocative volumes that go beyond mere images, offering a profound reflection on the environments we inhabit and the stories they tell.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"brian-ulrich-is-this-place-great-or-what-by-brian-ulrich-9781597111928","title":"Brian Ulrich: Is This Place Great Or What","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long-awaited first monograph presents \u003cem\u003eBrian Ulrich: Is This Place Great Or What\u003c\/em\u003e, a decade-long exploration of the shifting tectonic plates that make up American consumerism. The photographer focuses in part on the architectural legacies of a retail-driven economy in the midst of collapse—shopping malls on the brink of demolition, empty big box stores, and other retail structures in transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Ulrich does more than sketch the fraying surfaces of a shopping-obsessed culture; he also offers clear-eyed yet sympathetic portraits of teenaged shoppers lost in reverie over a pair of shoes, thrift-store mavens determined to find the best deal, and families in search of that perfect purchase. Cinematic and utterly engrossing, these portraits are interspersed among the forlorn landscapes of empty parking lots and foreclosed malls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUlrich gets under the skin of the current financial crisis, tracing a palpable economic trajectory from irrational exuberance to debt-laden hangover and providing a sobering document of the American consumer psyche in crisis in the first decade of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455532286188,"sku":"9781597111928","price":87.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/615ZaOGg20L._SL1500.jpg?v=1774779411"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/brian-ulrich.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}