Lost places Images of bygone America
Book - 2022
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, Americ...a as it is rarely seen.
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- Published
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Atglen, PA :
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
[2022]
- Language
- English
German - Corporate Author
- Main Author
- Corporate Author
- Item Description
- "Originally published as Poesie der Vergänglichkeit ©2020, Delius Klasing & Co. KG" -- Title page verso.
"Translated from the German by Simulingua, Inc." -- Title page verso. - Physical Description
- 175 pages : chiefly color illustrations, map ; 28 cm
- ISBN
- 9780764363948
- Introduction
- Map of lost places
- Gas stations
- Diners and motels
- Buildings
- Automobiles.