This Land: An American Portrait
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1477311890 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jon Meacham writes in the foreword that Spencer's "most surprising images are of a country that I suspect many of us believed had disappeared. From the monochromatic and distressed black-and-white images that began the series to the oversaturated color of more recent years, these photographs present a startlingly fresh perspective on America. Jarred by the 9/11 attacks, photographer Jack Spencer set out in 2003 "in hopes of making a few 'sketches' of America in order to gain some clarity on what it meant to be living in this nation at this moment in time." Across thirteen years, forty-eight states, and eighty thousand miles of driving, Spencer created a vast, encompassing portrait of the American landscape that is both contemporary and timeless.This Land presents some one hundred and forty photographs that span the nation, from Key West to Death Valley and Texas to Montana. The breadth of imagery in This Land brings to mind the works of such American masters as Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Mark Rothko, and Albert Bierstadt, while also evoking the sense of the open roads traveled by Woody Guthrie and Jack Kerouac. Spencer's pictori
In 2005, he received the Lucie Award for International Photographer of the Year in the nature category. He currently serves as executive editor and executive vice president of Random House. . He is also the author of the acclaimed volumes Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush and Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. Jack Spencer is
"'Bang!' went my heart when I opened the photographer Jack Spencer’s powerful This Land: An American Portrait." (New York Times Book Review 2017-05-29)
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