| Meadowlands Contributor(s): Lutz, Joshua (Photographer), Sullivan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1576874427 ISBN-13: 9781576874424 Publisher: powerHouse Books OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | Essays |
| Dewey: 974.921 |
| LCCN: 2008060691 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 12.6" W x 15.7" (4.60 lbs) 108 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Joshua Lutz takes the New Topographics of Adams, Shore, and Sternfeld into its current era of urban sprawl. -The New Yorker Just two miles west of Manhattan lies the Meadowlands, a 32-square-mile stretch of sweeping wilderness that evokes morbid fantasies of Mafia hits and buried remains. Development has claimed two-thirds of the region, making way for scores of landfills, motels, and gas stations. The growth of poorly planned communities and the impending construction of Xanadu, a five million-square-foot entertainment and retail complex, threaten to change these lands forever. Under the pretext of searching for Jimmy Hoffa, photographer Joshua Lutz began exploring these lonesome wetlands ten years ago; what started as a strict documentary project soon evolved into something else entirely. Meadowlands, Lutz's first monograph, is a compelling portrait of this vast and stunning landscape, whose unspoiled area is quickly dwindling. The Meadowlands are a place of solitude, a place you pass through on your way somewhere more inviting-and yet, within it all resides a quiet beauty, a glimmer of hope, a hidden potential for renewal and rebirth. |