{"product_id":"mitch-epstein-property-rights-hardcover","title":"Mitch Epstein: Property Rights - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitch Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eSusan Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eMitch Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho owns the land, by whose authority, and with what rights? Mitch Epstein examines the American government's ongoing legacy of property confiscation, and how communities gather to resist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 2021 holiday gift guide pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpstein began his latest series in 2017 at Standing Rock, where thousands protested the installation of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Sioux land. Over four years, he charted other contested lands from Pennsylvania and Hawaii to the Mexican border, as well as land loss through wildfires and flooding due to egregious environmental negligence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn keeping with Epstein's 50-year exploration of American life, \u003ci\u003eProperty Rights\u003c\/i\u003e questions the relationship between institutions, civil rights and the rights of nature itself. Acknowledging our bodies and lives as our most fundamental property, the book examines other forms of trespass and destruction in an elegy to the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre, and in photographs of Black Lives Matter protests during COVID-19. \u003ci\u003eProperty Rights\u003c\/i\u003e includes the voices of activists Epstein interviewed while making this deeply personal and political work. In a time of alarming division, the book describes diverse communities in a common fight against politicians and plutocrats willing to sacrifice the people's well-being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pioneer of 1970s art photography, \u003cb\u003eMitch Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1952) has photographed the landscape and psyche of America for half a century. Numerous collections hold his work, including the Museum of Modern Art and Tate Modern; in 2013, the Walker Art Center commissioned a theatrical rendition of his \u003ci\u003eAmerican Power\u003c\/i\u003e series. Epstein has described the cultural and physical evolution of the United States from 1973 to 2019 in his Steidl books \u003ci\u003eFamily Business\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eRecreation\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Power\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eNew York Arbor\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eRocks and Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eSunshine Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 12.6 x 11.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768088330528,"sku":"9783958299016","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4d2e0004a772ffc617307af4c2096ba.webp?v=1780324401","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mitch-epstein-property-rights-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}