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Mitch Epstein: Recreation
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Recreation is ideal for readers interested in photography, American cultural history, and visual arts, especially those fascinated by late twentieth-century society and analogue-era aesthetics.
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Between the 1970s and '90s, Mitch Epstein photographed the rituals of excess and alienation, jubilance and desire that defined late twentieth-century America. These pictures marked the beginning of his photographic inquiry into the American psyche and landscape that has now lasted half a century. Recreation captures the vitality of modern America in a pre-smartphone, less self-conscious time. In these early works, Epstein's wit reigns, along with his singular way of making the mundane startle and the extraordinary appear to perfectly fit in.
This new edition expands on the original Recreation book published by Steidl in 2005. More than a third of these photographs have never been published, and all of them have been re-worked with fidelity to the pictorial quality of the films of the era.
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Critics praise Epstein's capacity to reveal the "ache of fun" beneath leisure activities and to make the mundane startling and the extraordinary perfectly fitting. His photographs evoke uninhibited and oppositional moments, creating a psychologically probing and dynamic portrayal of American culture. Reviewers commend the new edition for its insightful sequencing and remastered images, highlighting its significance as a landmark portrait of analogue-era America.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9783969990827
Publisher: Steidl Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 July 2022
Country: Germany
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Illustration: 84 Illustrations
Contributors:
- Edited by Susan Bell
- Edited by Ryan Spencer
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 320.0mm
Height: 280.0mm
Weight: 2180g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
A pioneer of 1970s art photography, Mitch Epstein has photographed the landscape and psyche of America for half a century. His awards include the Prix Pictet, the Berlin Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and he was recently inducted into the National Academy of Design. Numerous collections hold his work, including the Museum of Modern Art and Tate Modern; in 2013, the Walker Art Center commissioned a theatrical rendition of his "American Power" series. Epstein has described the cultural and physical evolution of the United States from 1973 to 2019 in his Steidl books Family Business (2003), Recreation (2005), American Power (2011), New York Arbor (2013), Rocks and Clouds (2017), Sunshine Hotel (2019), Property Rights (2021) and In India (2021).
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