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Lost places : images of bygone America / Heribert Niehues.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 175 pages : color illustrations, map ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780764363948
  • 0764363948
Uniform titles:
  • Poesie der vergänglichkeit. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- Map of lost places -- Gas stations -- Diners and motels -- Buildings -- Automobiles.
Summary: The United States has been shaped by mobility like no other nation on Earth. The automobile made possible almost limitless development, but there was a dark side: ghost towns and deserted regions emerged due to economic crises, cultural shifts, and catastrophic weather. Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs trace these lonely places, which elicit strange fascination mixed with melancholy for a bygone era. His Hopperesque images of gas stations, diners, motels, houses, and cars document the rise and former glory of a legendary America. Over the decades, only nature has changed their visage, and the old pioneering spirit is still tangible. Hauntingly beautiful, the photos portray the poetry of transience: from east to west, America as it is rarely seen.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 779.473 N666 Available 33111010895205
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A rare fascinating look at the powerful forces that have shaped small towns and the rise and glory of a "lost" America.


Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs of gas stations, diners, motels, houses, and cars left behind by a shifting civilization, elicit strange fascination mixed with melancholy for a bygone era. His Hopperesque images document the rise and former glory of a legendary America.

This photo essay's laser focus on the effects of American mobility sets it apart from other books in the "abandoned" genre. The automobile made possible almost limitless development, but there was a dark side: ghost towns and deserted regions emerged due to economic crises, cultural shifts, and catastrophic weather.

Over the decades, only nature has changed their visage, and the old pioneering spirit is still tangible. Hauntingly beautiful, the photos portray the poetry of transience: from east to west, America as it is rarely seen.

Almost 100 full-color images 196 pages Stunning photography by Niehues, an award-winning and well-respected photographer

"Originally published as Poesie der Vergänglichkeit ©2020, Delius Klasing & Co. KG" -- Title page verso.

"Translated from the German by Simulingua, Inc." -- Title page verso.

Introduction -- Map of lost places -- Gas stations -- Diners and motels -- Buildings -- Automobiles.

The United States has been shaped by mobility like no other nation on Earth. The automobile made possible almost limitless development, but there was a dark side: ghost towns and deserted regions emerged due to economic crises, cultural shifts, and catastrophic weather. Heribert Niehues's award-winning photographs trace these lonely places, which elicit strange fascination mixed with melancholy for a bygone era. His Hopperesque images of gas stations, diners, motels, houses, and cars document the rise and former glory of a legendary America. Over the decades, only nature has changed their visage, and the old pioneering spirit is still tangible. Hauntingly beautiful, the photos portray the poetry of transience: from east to west, America as it is rarely seen.

Text in English, translated from the German.

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