{"product_id":"stephen-shore-steel-town","title":"Stephen Shore: Steel Town","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn 1977, Stephen Shore travelled across New York state, Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio – an area in the midst of industrial decline that would eventually be known as the Rust Belt. Shore met steelworkers who had been thrown out of work by plant closures and photographed their suddenly fragile world: deserted factories, lonely bars, dwindling high streets, and lovingly decorated homes. Across these images, a prosperous middle America is seen teetering on the precipice of disastrous decline. Hope and despair alike lurk restlessly behind the surfaces of shop fronts, domestic interiors, and the fraught expressions of those who confront Shore’s 4x5” view camera. Originally commissioned as an extended photographic report for \u003cem\u003eFortune Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the vein of Walker Evans, Shore’s multifaceted investigation has only gained political salience in the intervening years. Shore’s subjects – including workers, union leaders, and family members – had voted for Jimmy Carter the year preceding his visit; now he found them disillusioned with the new president, fated to leave behind the Democratic party and become the ‘Reagan Democrats’. Through unfailingly engrossing images by one of the world’s acknowledged masters,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSteel Town\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprovides an immersive portrait of a time and place whose significance to our own is ever more urgent. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWith a text by Helen C. Epstein, author, translator and professor of human rights and public health.\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e128 pages\u003cbr\u003eISBN \u003cspan\u003e9781913620066\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMACK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApril 7 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"490","offers":[{"title":"Non-member","offer_id":44046778400851,"sku":"9781913620066","price":80.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Member","offer_id":44046778433619,"sku":"9781913620066","price":72.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0474\/9621\/files\/61B3055zBgL._SL1500.jpg?v=1770684807","url":"https:\/\/shop.vanartgallery.bc.ca\/products\/stephen-shore-steel-town","provider":"Vancouver Art Gallery Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}