American MirrorMontgomerys photographs capture the reality of Americans in crisis, in all our flawed, tragic, ridiculous glory. Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty American Mirror is award winning photographer Philip Montgomerys dramatic chronicle of the United States at a time of profound change. Through his intimate and powerful reporting and a signature black and white style, Montgomery reveals the fault lines

Deconstructing Edward Weston’s Nudes in the form of self-portraits

she sits before the camera with a shutter release in hand

twelve hours a day

dripping humidity

had found difficult to look at

not only through the images themselves but also through the annotations made on them

Teresa Eng

Built traps

and spiritual beliefs

the life-altering birth of a child

like a murmur

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