Abandoned America: Dismantling The Dream
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1908211423 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Very interesting! I liked the book a lot. It was very interesting. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was because the type used was rather small and too pale (like a medium gray). I am visually impaired and the pale font made the text very difficult to read even with a magnifier.. Great companion to Matthew Christopher's previous book. Wonderful book! Great companion to Matthew Christopher's first book. When viewing the photographs one is saddened at what was so beautiful and has now either become a ruin or disappeared completely. The lengths to which Matthew went to in order to photograph these treasures are outlined in the descriptive text included which adds much to understanding of the images. The book arrived yesterday and the afternoon was spent reading it. Good job,Matthew! Thank you,. Marge said A wonderful book full of knowledge. If your interests include viewing photos and reading stories about abandoned places around the world, this book is for you. Among other contents are photos of abandoned amusement parks, churches, hospitals, castles and so much more. A wonderful book full of knowledge.
For the last decade, photographer and writer Matthew Christopher embarked on a journey to document the ruins of American infrastructure, including asylums, industry, churches, schools, theaters, hospitals, prisons, resorts and hotels, as realized in his best-selling book, “Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences” and his critically acclaimed website Abandoned America. . He has lectured on the art of ruins, abandoned spaces, and preservatio
From the heartbreaking story of a state school that would become home to one of the country's worst cases of fatal neglect and abuse to the shattered remains of what was once the largest mall in the United States, "Abandoned America: Dismantling the Dream" asks what leads us to leave places behind and what are the consequences of doing so.Explore the magnificent remnants of two theaters fighting for survival, the largest privately owned zoo in the United States, a beachfront community left for dead when the bridge to it burned, a massive crumbling asylum with a dark past, a derelict ocean liner that was the fastest passenger ship ever built, a ghost town built around a gold mine that caused unimaginable bloodshed, an eerie relic of the days of the megamalls, a steel foundry destroyed by escalating rivalries between management and labor, a haunting Maryland institution that gained a terrible reputation for killing its residents, a city struggling to cope with 13,000 blighted properties left behind when the industries disappeared, and more. Prefaced by a thoughtful foreword by Mysteries at the Museum host Don Wildman, Matthew Christopher's collection of photographs and essays
About the Author For the last decade, photographer and writer Matthew Christopher embarked on a journey to document the ruins of American infrastructure, including asylums, industry, churches, schools, theaters, hospitals, prisons, resorts and hotels, as realized in his best-selling book, “Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences” and his critically acclaimed website Abandoned America. He has lectured on the art of ruins, abandoned spaces, and preservation, and displayed his photography at galleries and museums across the United States. Times, BBC, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, NPR, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, Yahoo News, Business Insider, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Buzzfeed, the Weather Channel, the Huffington Post, New York Daily News, the Metro, Photo District News, Photographer’s Forum, Juxtapoz, and many others. His work has gained international attention and has been featured in the L.A.