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The Quiet Hours. City Photographs.
Melman, Mike; Holm, Bill
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Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 duotones. BIC Classification: AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 612.
A visual tribute to the industrial spaces and commercial interiors of Minnesota’s prewar era
A milling district along the Mississippi River. A railroad bridge on Washington Avenue. Jim’s Hamburgers in Duluth. A spiral staircase in the Schmidt Brewery. These are the spaces that capture the moods of Minnesota’s prewar era. These are the everyday places where ordinary people lived and worked. These are the images that show us the remnants of a city’s past.
In The Quiet Hours, Mike Melman records a vanishing era of Minnesota’s towns and cities through a series of seventy black-and-white photographs taken from 1985 to 2002. Working ... Read moreIn his essay, Bill Holm compares Melman’s work to that of Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg, artists who embrace and celebrate the urban experience. Holm writes, “These photographs take us a long way toward an understanding of that mighty heart of a city. . . . These are very American pictures in their stubbornness, their integrity, and their dogged affection for the working-class life buried inside them.”Through his artistic and historic images, Melman exposes the speed at which American cities change and presents a gritty yet contemplative portrait of urban Minnesota. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816643288
SKU
V9780816643288
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About Melman, Mike; Holm, Bill
Bill Holm is a poet and essayist living in Minneota, Minnesota. Among his recent books are Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary and The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth: Minneota, Minnesota.
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