{"product_id":"ken-graves-was-a-genius","title":"Ken Graves Was a Genius. (PRE-ORDER)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKen Graves Was a Genius. (PRE-ORDER)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKen Graves \u003cbr\u003eTBW Books \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable to pre-order - this title is due to ship in November\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eClothbound hardcover with printed edges\u003cbr\u003e164 pages, 85 plates\u003cbr\u003e11 x 11 in \/ 279.4 x 279.4 mm\u003cbr\u003eWith an afterword by Emily Keegin\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-942953-86-9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eTBW Books is pleased to announce the publication of \u003ci\u003eKen Graves Was a Genius.\u003c\/i\u003e, a new monograph collecting the early black-and-white photographs of Ken Graves, with an afterword by Emily Keegin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eAfter studying photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Ken Graves turned his camera on the America around him, spending the 1960s and 70s finding uncanny moments that often elicit a chuckle. Each photograph is a one-liner—comic, precisely framed, and quietly devastating. A master of the decisive moment, Graves pushed further: people caught mid-air, two sets of action unfolding simultaneously in foreground and background, gestures and body language deployed like props in a production his subjects never quite knew they were part of. The photographic plane becomes a stage, its unsuspecting subjects his actors—piecing together different elements within a single frame with the instincts of a collagist, a medium he would take up formally later in his career. What emerges are images that reveal more about America's true nature than words ever could: a landscape and its people that are funny, menacing, awkward, aggressive, joyful, and dubious—all at once. Together these early images form a collective portrait of a nation whose disillusionment with its own mythology was just beginning to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eGraves is one of the unsung photographers of his generation. Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand achieved lasting recognition working in a broadly similar register, but Graves cast a shorter shadow—despite producing work no less striking or memorable. This is the third book of his work published by TBW Books, and his most essential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eEmily Keegin contributes an afterword contextualizing Graves within the era in which he began working.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TBW Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46279999258681,"sku":"1-0156","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/KenGravesRealmBookscover.jpg?v=1785992172","url":"https:\/\/www.realmbooks.co\/products\/ken-graves-was-a-genius","provider":"Realm Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}