Aperture 144 - Summer 1996
Shared Lives: The Communal Spirit Today
Communalistic living—the concept of living together to foster the common good—claims a long tradition in America and continues to be a vital reality today. “Shared Lives” photographically explores five communities in the U.S. and one in Mexico. Photo essays include Eugene Richards’ intimate portrayal of a commune in Oregon and Margaret Morton’s chronicle of a village built by tenacious homeless people in New York City.
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Communalistic living—the concept of living together to foster the common good—claims a long tradition in America and continues to be a vital reality today. Shared Lives photographically explores five communities in the U.S. and one in Mexico. Photo essays include Eugene Richards’ intimate portrayal of a communie in Oregon and Margaret Morton’s chronicle of a village built by tenacious homeless people in New York City.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 80
Publication date: 1996-09-30
Measurements: 9.6 x 11.36 x 0.28 inches
ISBN: 9780893816834
Table Of Contents
The Enclosed World
Photographs and Text by Laura Wilson
American Roma: The Hidden Gypsy World
by Ian Hancock, Photographs by Cristina Salvador
The Life of the Soul
by Rebecca Busselle, Photographs by Cornelius M. Pietzner and Stephan Rasch
Bushville
Photographs and Text by Margaret Morton
This World is Not My Home
Photographs and Text by Larry Towell
Alpha Farm, Deadwood Creek, Oregon
by Janine Altongy, Photographs by Eugene Richards
Reviews of John Loengard’s Georgia O’Keeffe at Ghost Ranch
by Mary-Charlotte Domandi
Richard Whelan’s Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography
by Robert Adams
“Tina Modotti: Photographs” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Sarah M. Lowe’s accompanying exhibition catalog
by Susan Morgan
A Memorial to Brian Weil
by Philip Yenawine
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