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Where We Live presents more than 150 images from the Bruce and Nancy Berman collection of contemporary photographs. From Mitch Epstein's Holyoke, Massachusetts, to Camilo Vergara's Detroit, to John Divola's 29 Palms in Southern California, the images here concentrate on the American landscape
and the people and structures that can be found in its vast vistas--and its backyards. The photographs that the Bermans have been drawn to often represent changing American communities recorded by artists whose vision is passionate but unsentimental--a vision that acknowledges the present as
fleeting, desolate, and lyrical.
Beautifully reproduced in this volume--which coincides with an exhibition to be held at the J. Paul Getty Museum from October 24, 2006, to February 25, 2007--are works from twenty-four contemporary photographers, the majority working in color, from William Christenberry and William Eggleston to
Doug Dubois and Sheron Rupp. Accompanying the photographs are illuminating essays by Kenneth A. Breisch and Colin Westerbeck and an introduction by Judith Keller. An essay by novelist Bruce Wagner captures the mood that runs through this powerful assemblage of photographs.
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Landscape miners.......2007-09-16
The 198 photos in the book are part of the 450 that have very generously been given to the Getty by LA collectors Nancy and Bruce Berman. This lovely book was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the photos at the museum in 2006 and 7. The twenty-four photographers featured are probably the leading contemporary exponents in the US of this landscape image capture and one reason I like this type of book is that I get to discover photographers I was not aware of. My main discovery here was Jim Dow. In the back of the book there is an excellent biography of the photographers which nicely lists their books, I've already got my eye on one by Mr Dow.
If you are familiar with recent landscape photography (and I think it's worth stating that this means the man-made landscape rather than natural) you'll most likely have seen some of the photos included: 'Petit's Mobil station' by George Tice, 'Red building in forest' by William Christenberry or '2nd Street, Ashland, Wisconsin' by Stephen Shore are three I've frequently seen but I feel the strength of the book is the opportunity to compare how these twenty-four photographers interpret the same subject.
The impressive page size: about eleven inches square, screen: 250dpi+ and quality paper and printing mean the photos sparkle on the page though I did wonder if maybe a few images had been taken from chromo prints rather than the original transparencies. I noticed a softness and lack of detail in a Stephen Shore photo of Easton, Pennsylvania for instance.
The book cannot be considered a definitive survey of contemporary landscape photographers, only those in the Getty Collection have been included so no Lewis Baltz, Jeff Brouws, Gregory Conniff or David Graham for example but those that are presented are clearly part of the top creative interpreters of man-made America
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fantastic book.......2007-01-16
I saw this show at the Getty Museum in LA and it was one of the best contempory photography show I have seen. the book is great!
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This anthology marks the emergence of one of the finest and most innovative new artists writing for the theater today. "The secret of Shinn's success is in the way he exploits the dramatic gap between what is said and that which is left unsaid . . . writing like this is rare," said the London Independent. Where Do We Live, the title play, was written shortly after 9/11 and though never referenced, it still haunts this chronicle of the struggles of several aspiring and gifted young New Yorkers on the Lower East Side. Like all his work, it is a deeply affecting story of how we define our lives and our place in the world.
The Coming World
"Shinn certainly looks like a shining prospect for the future."-Daily Telegraph
Four
"Nothing is simple emotionally. The play keeps delivering small shocks and aches that end in a standoff, or maybe in that pause between despair, resignation and a twinge of hope. Haunting."-Margo Jefferson, The New York Times
Other People
"Shinn writes with graceful compassion about people trapped inside their own skins unable to make sense of their lives."-The Guardian
What Didn't Happen
". . . is about the distance between people, and the ways in which even friends, spouses and lovers are ultimately unknowable to one another . . . a playwright to cherish."-The New York Times
Christopher Shinn's plays have been produced at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Vineyard Theatre in New York and often at London's Royal Court Theatre. Where Do We Live received a 2003 Olivier Award nomination for most promising playwright. His next play, On the Mountain, premieres in New York City early in 2005.
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The Real Thing........2007-09-04
I don't review on Amazon, but since no one else is saying it here, I feel I should. Christopher Shinn is a damn good playwright. He talks about things relevant to our times w/o simplifying things. His characters are psychologically credible and complex. He has range (he doesn't simply write the same play over and over). He's not a writer who will hit you over the head, but his intelligence and subtlety can be even more rewarding. Also, he does have his own voice, and set of obsessions. He's a moralist in the tradition of all great writers, meaning not that he's moralistic but that he seems interested in bringing into question accepted mores and stereotypes. "Other People" and "Where Do We Live" are two of the best plays I've read recently (and I read a lot of plays). The other plays in the book are also really good. People who criticize him for writing naturalistic plays are way off. It's like criticizing someone for NOT writing naturalistic plays; it simply reveals more about the person's preferences than any actual shortcoming. Moreover, the plays are not really that naturalistic. "Long Day's Journey Into Night" is not really that naturalistic either. Like any good dramatic writing, Shinn's plays lend themselves to a variety of possible stagings. I recommend this book to anyone who loves theatre.
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The house is home to many things. Far more than four walls and a roof, it contains our private and public lives, our families, our memories and aspirations, and it reflects our attitudes toward society, culture, the environment, and our neighbors. ?In a literary tour of the spaces of our homes, Geography of Home reflects on how we define such elusive qualities as privacy, security, and comfort. Part social history, part architectural history, part personal anecdote, this rich book uncovers the hidden meanings of seemingly simple domestic spaces, in chapters ranging from "The Front Door" and "The Porch" to "The Library," "The Kitchen," "The Bedroom," "The Bathroom," and "The Garage," among others.
These writings about the home touch on our culture's fundamental issues: the notion of family, the aging of the population, working at home, and respect for the environment. Together, these eloquent essays help us understand not only what home means for each of us, but how our idea of home shapes our place in the world. As Busch writes, "There are times when our homes express infinite possibilities, when they reflect who we are and what we might be."
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Cute, but a little too precious.......2007-04-05
I found the core notion that our home designs don't fit our lives to be very interesting. But be warned that the book is a series of very personal, sometimes bordering on superficial, essays. Beyond the core notion, I didn't find much to relate to in Busch's observations about her own
(upper class, domesticated) life. She often makes blanket statements about how "we" live that more than once made me feel like she was writing for a whole other group of people I've never met. That said, if you do feel included in her blanket statements, you might love the book.
Pithy Insights About Homes That Don't Fit Lives.......2003-11-25
This little book of essays is a fine read -- brightly written, free of the usual jargon, quick with insight. It helps the reader to understand why that expensively furnished living room lies silent while the kitchen bussles with everything but cooking. I enjoyed it immensely.
Charming and provocative reflections on how we live.......1999-06-26
Bravo! Aki Busch takes us on a charming and provocative stroll both through her home and each of ours. Ever wonder why you still have a front door? Or whatever happened to the front porch? Or why your kitchen and closets and garage are so essential? READ THIS BOOK and find out!!
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Stretching from Oregon south to the Baja peninsula, the California coast has been the birthplace of extraordinary stories, some based on historic events, others created by immigrants or aboriginal tribes to explain the world around them. This book brings the region alive through historical and contemporary stories, poems, and memoirs, many contributed by writers representing the ethnic groups that have made this region home.
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The Great Stories of the California Coast........2005-07-31
With its great stories from the sandy beaches of Ensenada to the giant redwoods of the Northern Coast near Eureka, Stories From Where We Live: The California Coast tells the stories of great adventures, amazing and spectacular places, and the wild lives of animals. The book takes you on an amazing journey to different people, places and animals and tells their experience of this wonderous region of North America like no other. Yet many of their stories are still well known today and are also a very important part of this amazing place: The California Coast!
Review by Daniel Bernstein, age 9
California through children's eyes.......2002-02-19
This book intrigued me because I didn't grow up in California, and so only know it as an adult. It's a wonderful collection of tales ranging geographically from the redwoods to Mexico, historically from the old west to present day, and topically from fun adventures to environmental concerns to adolescent insights. Though sold as a children's book, this collection of short stories and poetry will rekindle memories of discovery and growth in readers a "few" years past childhood. Had I read it as a pre-teen, it would have sparked my interest in the "California Coast" for all the right reasons.
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Where We Live, Work and Play: The Environmental Justice Movement and the Struggle for a New Environmentalism (Praeger Series in Transformational Politics and Political Science)
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Numerous studies have revealed that the poor disproportionately bear the burden of environmental problems in America today. Issues range from higher levels of poisonous wastes, carbon dioxide, and ozone, to greater than normal incidences of asthma and lead poisoning. The environmental justice movement, which has emerged in working class and low-income African American and Latino communities since the early 1990s, is an effort that is reinterpreting the definition of the environment as "where we live, work, and play" to connect new constituencies traditionally outside of the postwar environmental movement. Novotny documents this expanding constituency through case studies of four community groups ranging from South Central Los Angeles to Louisiana. "Environmental racism" is understood as yet another type of discrimination which results in a high incidence of environmental concerns in poorer communities due to what many activists see as discriminatory land use practices, decisions by industry that intentionally locate hazardous wastes in these communities, and the uneven enforcement of environmental regulations by federal, state, and local officials. Community leaders have added environmental causes to their fight against unemployment, impoverishment, and substandard housing. This study explores various attempts to put a halt to illegal practices and to broaden public awareness of the issues involved.
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Home Is Where We Live: Life at a Shelter Through a Young Girl's Eyes
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Ireland (Where We Live)
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Reincarnation, Why, Where and How We Have Lived Before
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Half the world's population accepts reincarnation. Dr. Baker gives sound reasons for a belief in the concept, as well as a description of it's underlying laws.
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This delightful anthology conveys not only the richness of nature in the Great Lakes region, but also the importance it holds for so many of its inhabitants. Shaped by glaciers, the area has been home to diverse Native American nations, explorers, trappers, loggers, and farmers. Readers meet an Ojibwe girl born in 1777 on the shores of Wisconsin's Chequamegon Bay, spend a summer hunting for rare plants in rural Indiana, and watch the Aurora Borealis from atop 400-foot dunes in Michigan. The book is filled with adventures past and present, including the thrill of sledding the highest hill in deep winter, crossing an ice bridge above Niagara Falls in the winter of 1899, and sailing on the Rouse Simmons, a schooner bringing Christmas trees from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Chicago in 1912. Other pieces describe quicksand-filled bogs; canoe trips; fishing for walleye, carp, and pike; and encounters with moose, loons, and bears. Contributors include Margaret Atwood, Sigurd Olson, Sandra Cisneros, Edwin Way Teale, Gene Stratton-Porter, and more.
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Proud Father with Objective Reasons for Being Proud.......2007-01-10
First, full disclosure: I am the proud father of the editor of this splendid series, Sara St. Antoine. (Paul Mirocha is the excellent illustrator,not the editor.) But you do not have to rely on my obviously biased views. The series has received high marks from Kirkus, Horn Book (a very important children's literature magazine), Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and many regional journals. Among the awards that individual titles have won are: Books for the Teen Ager (New York Public Library); Best Books of the Year (Bank Street College); Kids' Pick of the List (American Booksellers' Association); and Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People (Children's Books Council, National Council for Social Studies).
Sara holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Williams College and a Master's in environmental studies from the Yale School of Forestry and Natural Resources. She has combined her two loves by compiling anthologies of short stories, essays, and poetry from each of the major ecological regions of North America. "The Great Lakes" is one of this series. As suggested by the title of the series, "Stories from Where You Live," the purpose is to introduce preteens and young teenagers to the flora and fauna and natural wonders of their particular geographical area, and to do it entertainingly and painelessly. The selections are by classic American authors, old and new, and by relative unknowns with something important and engaging to say.
Adults as well as the intended audience should find much to enjoy in these thoughfully organized and beautifully packaged works.
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Netting crabs on the New Jersey shore, ice-boating in Maine, raking for quahogs at low tide along Cape Cod, playing beneath majestic oak trees in Connecticut - these are among the many colorful encounters with nature captured in Stories from Where We Live. For centuries, people have learned about the animals, plants, and places around them from stories passed from generation to generation. This book, the first in a series that will cover the eco-regions of North America, tells about life along the shore from Nova Scotia to Delaware using stories, poems, and excerpts from journals and memoirs. For many kids, a love of nature begins with stories. This book connects kids with estuaries and cranberry bogs, fishermen and Indians, stories of adventure and great places and wild lives. It inspires them to explore, observe, ponder, and protect the place they call home.
Customer Reviews:
Regional experiences superbly presented story & poetry........2001-01-04
Stories from Where We Live focuses on regional experiences from dwellers on the North Atlantic coast ages 9 and older, but is recommended in our adult issue because the entire family will relish these stories. From netting crabs on the Jersey shore to outdoors experiences in Delaware, this gathers regional experiences told through stories, poems, and journal entries to provide an inviting collection of tales.
Armchair Traveler Must Have!.......2000-10-18
This anthology is a collection of stories rooted in the North Atlantic Coast, beginning with Newfoundland. It includes the genres of poetry, short story, fiction and creative non fiction. Intended as a teaching tool for children, I found the book to be compelling in the imagery it evoked, particularly of the sea and its inhabitants, both human and animal.
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