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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