Phillip March Jones: Points of Departure: Roadside Memorial Polaroids
Jargon Society, October 2012. Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket As Issued. Item #368426
ISBN: 0912330864
As the founder of Institute 193 in Kentucky, and the director of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in Georgia, Phillip March Jones is an active presence in the thriving photography culture of the American South. Despite his busy career, Jones' newest book is about slowing down. Points of Departure is a collection of Polaroid photographs documenting memorials on the sides of highways, interstates, main-streets and back roads. This volume, handsomely produced by the august Jargon Society, offers a gently haunting portrait of these often ephemeral memorials, drawing out their folk-art qualities.
As the founder of Institute 193, a non-profit contemporary art space in Kentucky, and the director of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in Georgia, Phillip March Jones is a very active presence in the thriving photography culture of the American South. Despite his busy career, Jones' newest book is about slowing down. 'Points of Departure' is a collection of Polaroid photographs taken prior to the stock's discontinuation in 2008, which documents memorials on the sides of highways, interstates, main-streets and back roads. Jones' images are evidence of lives past--silent tributes that we speed past on a daily basis, barely meriting a glimpse in the rear-view mirror. This volume, handsomely produced by the august Jargon Society, offers a gently haunting portrait of these often ephemeral memorials, drawing out their folk-art qualities and the warmth of their modest presence. Like New, sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap; May show mild wear from handling.
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