pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: AMERICAN ARTIFACTS
PHIL BERGERSON
By: Margaret Atwood, Nathan Lyons
Format: Hardback

List price: £24.95
Our price: £20.58
Discount:
17.5% off
You save: £4.37
ISBN 10: 1908966351
ISBN 13: 9781908966353
Availability: Publisher out of stock. This item may be subject to delays or cancellation.
 Delivery rates
Stock: Currently 0 available
Publisher: BLACK DOG PUBLISHING LONDON UK
Pub. date: 25 January, 2014
Pages: 144
Description: A portrait of America that captures the fears, desires and hopes of its people in images of material items and artifacts. Phil makes American culture tangible and raw through his choice of images taken on his journey around the historically rich country.
Synopsis: American Artifacts is a complex and poetic photographic portrait of America as it simmered its way through the first decade of the twenty-first century. It reflects that span of years some have called the "lost" decade. American Artifacts is a personal exploration by an empathetic neighbor - the Canadian documentary photographer Phil Bergerson (Born Toronto, 1947). Much like the discovery process of the archaeologist, Bergerson describes his photographic approach as sifting through the remains of a culture - sifting through the shards of artifacts left behind by a rushing humanity as it made its way through the streets of a tumultuous America. His book is a collection of these message shards - often ironic, sometimes full of pathos. All represent the concerns of a struggling humanity: their fears, desires, and hopes with many images vibrating between reality and metaphor. A variety of recurring themes are reflected in photographs of shop window displays, and in the objects and signs from the forgotten corners of hundreds of towns and cities he visited. In organizing his 120 color photographs to best portray the complexity of America, Bergerson turned to the art of sequencing as his primary expressive, vehicle. Working in the sequencing traditions of Walker Evans, Robert Frank and Nathan Lyons, Bergerson has orchestrated the dynamic interplay between several inter-spliced themes in order to project their multi-layered meanings. The book's photographic sequence is bracketed by two powerful pieces of writing, beginning with Margaret Atwood's brilliant writing on debt from Payback, and ending with Nathan Lyons' insightful essay on "Sequencing." Phil Bergerson has photographed for over 30 years. His work has been exhibited internationally and is found in many prestigious collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. His photographs have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Toronto Life and The Walrus Magazine, and his book, Shards of America was published in September 2004. From 1975 - 2007, Bergerson was a professor of photography at Ryerson University in Toronto where he established and organized the annual international Kodak Lecture Series on photography. In 1979, he organized Canadian Perspectives, a National Conference on Photography in Canada, and in 1983, the first International Symposium on Photographic Theory. He has also arranged several photographic study trips to Europe and Asia.
Illustrations: 120 illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Black Dog Publishing London UK
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:
A JEST OF GOD
A JEST OF GOD (PB)
A QUEER LOVE STORY (HB)
A SECRET SISTERHOOD
A SECRET SISTERHOOD (HB)
A SECRET SISTERHOOD: THE HIDDEN FRIENDSHIPS OF AUSTEN, BRONTE, ELIOT AND WOOLF (CD)
A STORY LARGER THAN MY OWN (HB)
A STORY LARGER THAN MY OWN (PB)
AFTER 9/11 (HB)
ALIAS GRACE
ALIAS GRACE
ALIAS GRACE
ALIAS GRACE
ALIAS GRACE
ALIAS GRACE (AUD)
ALIAS GRACE (CD)
ALIAS GRACE (HB)
ALIAS GRACE (HB)
ALIAS GRACE (HB)
ALIAS GRACE (MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION) (PB)
ALIAS GRACE (PB)
ALIAS GRACE (PB)
ALIAS GRACE (PB)
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE (HB)
ANGEL CATBIRD
ANGEL CATBIRD (CD)
ANGEL CATBIRD VOLUME 1 (HB)
ANGEL CATBIRD VOLUME 2 (HB)
ANGEL CATBIRD VOLUME 3: THE CATBIRD ROARS (HB)
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (PB)
ARC 1.1: THE FUTURE ALWAYS WINS (PB)
BASHFUL BOB AND DOLEFUL DORINDA
BASHFUL BOB AND DOLEFUL DORINDA (HB)
BLIND ASSASSIN
BLIND ASSASSIN
BLIND ASSASSIN (CD)
BLIND ASSASSIN (PB)
BLIND ASSASSIN (PB)
BLUEBEARD''S EGG (PB)
BLUEBEARD''S EGG AND OTHER STORIES
BLUEBEARD'S EGG (HB)
BLUEBEARD'S EGG AND OTHER STORIES
BLUEBEARD'S EGG AND OTHER STORIES (PB)
BODILY HARM
BODILY HARM
BODILY HARM (PB)
BODILY HARM (PB)
BONES AND MURDER (PB)
BRAVE NEW WORLD
BRAVE NEW WORLD (PB)
BRAVE NEW WORLD (PB)
BRAVE NEW WORLD (PB)
BRAVE NEW WORLD (PB)
BURNING QUESTIONS
BURNING QUESTIONS (HB)
CAT''S EYE
CAT''S EYE
CAT''S EYE (HB)
CAT''S EYE (PB)
CAT'S EYE
CAT'S EYE (PB)
CAT'S EYE (PB)
CIRCLE GAME
CIRCLE GAME (PB)
COMPLETE ANGEL CATBIRD (PB)
CRIMESPOTTING (PB)
CURIOUS PURSUITS
CURIOUS PURSUITS (PB)
DANCING GIRLS
DANCING GIRLS (PB)
DANCING GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES
DANCING GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES
DANCING GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES (PB)
DEARLY
DEARLY (HB)
DEARLY (HB)
DEARLY (PB)
DEARLY (PB)
DEFINING THE CRAFT: PETER WALKER (HB)
DER BLINDE MORDER (PB)
DER REPORT DER MAGD
DER REPORT DER MAGD (PB)
DOOR (HB)
EATING FIRE (PB)
EATING FIRE (PB)
EDIBLE WOMAN
EDIBLE WOMAN (PB)
EL ANO DEL DILUVIO / THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
EL CUENTO DE LA CRIADA (HB)
EL CUENTO DE LA CRIADA / THE HANDMAID''S TALE
EL CUENTO DE LA CRIADA / THE HANDMAID''S TALE
FORAGERS, FARMERS, AND FOSSIL FUELS
FORAGERS, FARMERS, AND FOSSIL FUELS: HOW HUMAN VALUES EVOLVE (HB)
FORAGERS, FARMERS, AND FOSSIL FUELS: HOW HUMAN VALUES EVOLVE (PB)
FOURTEEN DAYS (HB)
FREEDOM (PB)
FROM EVE TO DAWN (PB)
FROM EVE TO DAWN, A HISTORY IN OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD, VOLUME II (PB)
FROM EVE TO DAWN, A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD
FROM EVE TO DAWN, A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD
FROM EVE TO DAWN, A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD
FROM EVE TO DAWN, A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD, VOLUME III (PB)
FROM EVE TO DAWN, A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD, VOLUME IV (PB)
FROZEN IN TIME (PB)
FURIES (HB)
FURIES (PB)
GLANCES AT GERMANY, POLAND, AND THE EUXINE
GLANCES AT GERMANY, POLAND, AND THE EUXINE (HB)
GOD AND BEING
GOD AND BEING (HB)
GOOD BONES
GOOD BONES (HB)
GOOD BONES (PB)
GOOD BONES (PB)
GOOD BONES, SIMPLE MURDERS AND THE TENT
GREGORIUS
GREGORIUS (PB)
GUIDES DU ROUTARD ETRANGER (PB)
HAG-SEED
HAG-SEED (HB)
HAG-SEED (HB)
HAG-SEED (PB)
HAG-SEED (PB)
HAG-SEED (PB)
HANDMAID''S TALE
HANDMAID''S TALE
HANDMAID''S TALE (CD)
HANDMAID''S TALE (CD)
HANDMAID''S TALE (GRAPHIC NOVEL) (HB)
HANDMAID''S TALE (HB)
HANDMAID''S TALE (HB)
HANDMAID''S TALE (PB)
HANDMAID''S TALE AND THE TESTAMENTS BOX SET (PB)
HANDMAID'S TALE
HANDMAID'S TALE (HB)
HANDMAID'S TALE (HB)
HANDMAIDS TALE THE MTI (PB)
HANDMAIDS TALE TV TIEIN EDITION THE (CD)
HANDMAIDS TALE VINTAGE FUTURE (PB)
HEART GOES LAST
HEART GOES LAST (CD)
HYMNS OF THE GOD'S GARDENERS (CD)
I FOUND IT AT THE MOVIES (PB)
I'M WITH THE BEARS (PB)
IN OTHER WORLDS
IN OTHER WORLDS (HB)
IN OTHER WORLDS (PB)
IN OTHER WORLDS (PB)
LA SEMILLA DE LA BRUJA / HAG-SEED (HB)
LA SERVANTE \ECARLATE
LA VOLEUSE D'HOMMES (PB)
LADY ORACLE
LADY ORACLE
LADY ORACLE (PB)
LADY ORACLE (PB)
LE UOVA DI BARBABLU (PB)
LES TESTAMENTS
LIFE BEFORE MAN
LIFE BEFORE MAN
LIFE BEFORE MAN (AUD)
LIFE BEFORE MAN (PB)
LIFE BEFORE MAN (PB)
LOS TESTAMENTOS
LOS TESTAMENTOS / THE TESTAMENTS
MADDADDAM
MADDADDAM
MADDADDAM
MADDADDAM (HB)
MADDADDAM (PB)
MADDADDAM (PB)
MADDADDAM TRILOGY BOX (PB)
MAXNOTES: EDIBLE WOMAN
MORAL DISORDER
MORAL DISORDER
MORAL DISORDER (HB)
MORAL DISORDER (HB)
MORAL DISORDER (PB)
MORAL DISORDER AND OTHER STORIES (PB)
MORNING IN THE BURNED HOUSE (PB)
MURDER IN THE DARK
MURDER IN THE DARK (PB)
MYTHS
NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEAD (PB)
NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEAD (PB)
NEUF CONTES
NEW OXFORD BOOK OF CANADIAN SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH (HB)
NEW OXFORD BOOK OF CANADIAN SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH (PB)
OLD BABES IN THE WOOD
OLD BABES IN THE WOOD (HB)
OLD BABES IN THE WOOD (HB)
OLD BABES IN THE WOOD (PB)
OMNIBUS (HB)
ON WRITERS AND WRITING (PB)
ORYX AND CRAKE
ORYX AND CRAKE
ORYX AND CRAKE (AUD)
ORYX AND CRAKE (CD)
ORYX AND CRAKE (HB)
ORYX AND CRAKE (PB)
ORYX AND CRAKE (PB)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
Saul Leiter (Hardback)
By: Margit Erb
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £43.80
more details
Kate Moss (Paperback)
By: Mario Testino
Taschen GmbH
Our Price : £29.20
more details
Forever Saul Leiter (Paperback / softback)
By: Saul Leiter
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £14.59
more details
Daido Moriyama (Paperback)
By: Gabriel Bauret, Daido Moriyama
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £9.48
more details
Nan Goldin: the Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Hardback)
By: Nan Goldin, Marvin Heiferman
Aperture
Our Price : £33.00
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 THE ARTS
 photography & photographs
 individual photographers


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket