Mitch Epstein Lecture and Book Signing
On Thursday, February 18 at 6pm, Mitch Epstein visits Chicago for a lecture, book signing, and reception at Ferguson Lecture Hall and the MoCP on the campus of Columbia College Chicago. Copies of his latest publication, American Power, will be available for purchase.
Mitch Epstein, Green Mountain Wind Farm, Fluvana, Texas, 2005
American Power features images from Epstein??s series of the same name. Inspired by the sudden evacuation of an Ohio town after it was environmentally contaminated, images in American Power seek to document residential or other populated areas that are in direct contact with or have been affected by energy producing systems and structures. Epstein faced police resistance and worked around corporate security barriers in order to capture these peaceful, but highly loaded images. The book includes Epstein??s own essays in which he describes how the photographic experiences of this project deepened his political convictions and led him to reflect upon his role as an artist in U.S.
Mitch Epstein, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Nevada, 2007
In a review for Aperture magazine, Aaron Shuman says of Epstein??s American Power: ??The selection [of photographs] revealed the diversity with which Epstein is both approaching and defining ??power?? ?? from the use and abuse of natural resources, the societal implications of such actions and their environmental impact to the power of nature itself, and even that of sexuality within contemporary America. Epic in scale, rich in detail, Epstein??s compositions are easily located within the traditions of painting as well as those of photography.?
Read a NYT review of this series.
See a slideshow of images on the Guardian's site.
Visit Epstein??s site.