{"product_id":"american-geography","title":"American Geography (imperfect)","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThames \u0026amp; Hudson 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback, 1st edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImperfect - see below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Geography\u003c\/i\u003e is the visual record of Magnum photographer Matt Black’s five-year, 100,000-mile road trip across 46 states of the United States, plus Puerto Rico. It examines the conditions of powerlessness, prejudice and pragmatism among America’s poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe project originated in Matt Black’s exploration of his own home town in California’s rural Central Valley – a place that has been called ‘the other California’ – where one third of the population lives in poverty. Travelling out from that location in 2015, he went on to visit designated ‘poverty areas’ – places with poverty rates of above 20% as defined by the US census. He found that, rather than being anomalies, ‘poverty areas’ are never more than two-hour’s drive apart. They are woven throughout the fabric of the country, yet are cut off from the ‘land of opportunity’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatt Black’s compelling black and white photographs, from which one can trace a line back to the FSA Photographers of the 1930s and 1940s such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, are accompanied by his own travelogue – an eclectic combination of observations, overheard conversations in cafés and city buses, diner menus, bus timetables, historical facts and echoes from daily news reports – which enrich the vivid portrait of these ‘states of un-America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSealed first edition\/first printing with bumped corner - see photo.  Inside unaffected.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Matt Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42140658630905,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/4583\/2067\/products\/41ToYT8APiS.jpg?v=1638635630","url":"https:\/\/photobookstore.co.uk\/products\/american-geography","provider":"Photobookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}