John Gossage

The third volume in John Gossage's ongoing exploration of America and its people

This clothbound volume continues Washington, DC-based photographer John Gossage's (born 1946) astute, critical and witty look at his native America, following Should Nature Change (2019) and the upcoming Jack Wilson's Waltz. Whether in California, Indiana or New York, whether his subjects are young artists, nondescript suburbia or a dirt road, Gossage's approach is the same.



"Nicknames," he writes, "are mostly a second naming of a person after their true character is known. When a child is born the parents choose a name, if it fits all the way though life it is a lucky guess. Picture-making (mine at least) seems to me like trying to find the correct nickname for something I've found existing in the world and photographed. This book and these pictures make that attempt with the country of my birth and its citizens."

Al treilea volum din explorarea continua a Americii si a oamenilor de catre John Gossage Acest volum legat de panza continua privirea astea, critica si plina de spirit a fotografului John Gossage (nascut in 1946) asupra Americii sale native, dupa Should Nature Change (2019) si viitorul Jack Valsul lui Wilson. Fie ca se afla in California, Indiana sau New York, fie ca subiectele sale sunt tineri artisti, suburbii nedescriptibile sau un drum de pamant, abordarea lui Gossage este aceeasi. „Poreclele”, scrie el, „sunt in mare parte a doua denumire a unei persoane dupa adevaratul lor cunoscut.