Mike Brodie A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

Klappentext "A vivid photographic record of a teen subculture living a perilous life on the tracks" -the Guardian At age 17, American photographer Mike Brodie hopped his first train close to home in Pensacola, Florida thinking he would visit a friend in Mobile, Alabama. Instead, the train went in the opposite direction to Jacksonville, Florida. Though he returned home a few days later, it sparked a desire to wander across the United States by any means that were free: walking, hitchhiking and train hopping. Despite having no formal training in photography, Brodie took a camera salvaged from behind a carseat and began to document his experiences on 35mm film. His portraits of fellow rail-riders have a soft, romantic warmth that belies Brodie's earnestness. A Period of Juvenile Prosperity , Brodie's first book, now in its fifth edition, was named one of the best photo books of 2013 by the Guardian , the New York Times , the Telegraph and American Photo Magazine . Mike Brodie (born 1985) began his photography career while hitchhiking across the United States. He is best known for his images of young rail-riders and nomads and became known as the "Polaroid Kidd" among this itinerant community. After publication of A Period of Juvenile Prosperity Brodie took a hiatus from the art world, but not from photography. He has continued photographing for the past decade, and is currently editing a book of new work planned for release in 2024.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Brodie, Mike (PHT) Brodie
• Assisted by: Mike Brodie (Photographs), Brodie Mike (Photographer)
• Publisher: TWIN PALMS
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2013
• EAN: 9781936611027
• ISBN: 978-1-936611-02-7
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 290 mm x 330 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 1300 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Orte und Menschen: Sachbuch, Bildbände, Reiseführer, Photography, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / Monographs, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials), TRAVEL / Special Interest / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, Individual photographers