Editorial Reviews
Review
"...There is something haunting about the vision of these now-forsaken places."
-- USA Today (December 5, 2002)
"...This book is a stimulating collection of haunting images that attests to his (photographer, Steve Gottlieb's) high level of photographic expertise. The photos themselves speak volumes but the addition of enlightening captions give the book a soft voice that is unforgettable."
-- Shutterbug (February 2003)
"...Steve Gottlieb, a lawyer-turned-photographer, has found uncommon beauty and a disquieting sadness in abandoned objects... the manner in which Gottlieb presents them is fresh and often arresting... The reproduction of Gottlieb's color photography is sharp, the layout is attractive and the hues are brilliant..."
-- Journal (Albuquerque, NM) (January 12, 2003)
"Steve Gottlieb's touching photographs remind us to stop going past these objects of the past without thinking why they mattered or why anybody would bother to photograph them."
-- Times (El Paso, TX) (January 2003)
"...Steve Gottlieb documents in his gorgeous, austere book Abandoned America... smaller, poetically personal bits of lives and times lefts behind... The images are poignant and often lonely, but, in preserving history's lost details, they're also strangely hopeful. Gottlieb says it best himself: 'It's as if I'm saying to these vanishing objects,... I want my images to bestow upon you (and perhaps myself) a flicker of immortality."
-- Ruminator Review (St. Paul, MN) (Winter 2003)
"...The car rests like a half-written mystery, a provocative tale begging to be finished by whoever sees the image on the cover..."
-- Chicago Herald (December 2002)
"...some of the year's most intriguing photography books..."
-- Boston Globe (December 2002)
"...The book will trigger many deep, conflicting emotions for readers."
-- Journal (Albuquerque, NM) (December 22, 2002)
"...These ghostly shots from around the United States... are silent sentinels to what has already become history. Their sun-drenched colors keep the concept from getting too maudlin; instead, there's a bittersweet poignancy to the images..."
-- Las Vegas Sun (December 17, 2002)
"...Steve Gottlieb finds striking beauty in the no longer useful... There is an almost lyrical quality to his pictures..."
-- Hackensack Sunday Record (December 15, 2002)
"...More than a nostalgic adventure into our nation's past, the book is also a journey across its magnificent geography."
-- Studio Photography & Design (December 2002)
"...These evocative and haunting images are accompanied by Gottlieb's brief and unpretentious descriptions."
-- Times (Trenton, NJ) (December 2002)
Book Description
Where there has been life, there are elements of that life left behind. Hidden among our present are the vestiges of days long forgotten. They are everywhere. They are pieces of our history -- they are the incidentals of our collective American genealogy. They are the man-made objects and structures that have outlived their functions, becoming part of the abandoned periphery. Award-winning photographer Steve Gottlieb has traveled from coast to coast attempting to capture these links to our bygone eras. His images are hauntingly evocative of a past that we rarely see, and this collection represents his journey across Abandoned America.
Abandoned America
Abandoned America,Steve Gottlieb,Sleeping Bear Press,1585361054,1946-,Civilization,Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions,Gottlieb, Steven,,Individual Photographer,Photo Essays,Photoessays & Documentaries,Photography,Photography, Artistic,Pictorial works,United States,Gottlieb, Steven
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