Mitch Epstein: Recreation one that examines our understanding

one that examines our understanding of culture and place in a manner that is poised between notions of right and wrong

or by selectively dwelling on positive aspects of the place and its people to offset problematic stereotypes

225 color illustrations

Mads Joakim Rimer Rasmussen is a Danish visual journalist working on long-term projects and freelance commissions

Mitch Epstein: Recreation one that examines our understandingBetween the 1970s and 90s, Mitch Epstein photographed the rituals of excess and alienation, jubilance and desire that defined late 20th century America. These pictures marked the beginning of his photographic inquiry into the American psyche and landscape that has now lasted half a century. Recreation captures the vitality of modern America in a pre smartphone, less self conscious time. In these early works, Epsteins wit reigns, along with his