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At home
- Title
- At home / Susan Kandel.
- Author
- Kandel, Susan.
- Publication
- [London] : Stanley/Barker, 2021.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TR680 .K36 2021g | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : all illustrations; 23 x 31 cm
- Summary
- "In October 1979, Pope John Paul II came to the Boston Common. I was there taking pictures of families who'd come to see him, carrying on with work I'd started months earlier photographing families at Revere Beach. Among the people I photographed that day on the Common were two women and the five children they'd brought with them. We chatted a bit, and they told me that I should come take pictures at their homes, since they had younger kids who hadn't come that day. I eagerly took them up on their offer, and thus began the series of photographs in this book. These two families lived around the corner from each other in Everett, Mass., and I returned to their homes many times over the next ten years or so. And I sought out other families who might let me come photograph them at home as well. I approached folks in grocery stores and bowling alleys, Woolworth's and corner stores, telling them that I'd give them some pictures in exchange for allowing me to come photograph them at home. Although I got a lot of quick refusals and looks of suspicion, I also managed to get invited to many homes. And sometimes there were repeat invitations. As I continued in this work, I discovered that each home I entered was a distinct world unto itself. And each home offered up stories-or suggestions of stories"--[Introductory page]
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- photobooks.
- Photobooks.
- Livres de photographies.
- ISBN
- 9781913288228
- 1913288226
- OCLC
- on1263760676
- 1263760676
- SCSB-14593998
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries