Candy/A Good and Spacious Land
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Rating | : | 4.32 (588 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0300222998 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 372 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-09-15 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In Candy, Goldberg uses Super 8 film stills, images of New Haven’s urban landscape, Polaroid portraits, and collaged archival material to create a layered reflection on 20th-century American cities that the artist calls a “photo-novel.” A Good and Spacious Land, with photographs by Wylie, examines topographic changes resulting from the construction of the I-95/I-91 highway interchange in New Haven and connects a contemporary American interpretation of the “promised land” to the underlying biblical narrative. This collaboration grew out of a 2013 joint residency at the Yale University Art Gallery by acclaimed photographers Jim Goldberg (b. The accompanying text in both volumes includes narratives woven throughout the imag
“Goldberg’s Candy and Wylie’s A Good and Spacious Land bring two internationally renowned photographers together in New Haven A beautiful set.”—Michael Lee-Murphy, Connecticut Magazine