A Field Guide to the N. American Family
Friday, November 2, 2007
Garth Risk Hallberg, Boonville going-away party, Brooklyn, NY, 2007, Tim Briner
Garth (above) is the author and visionary of A field Guide to the North American Family: an illustrated novella which tracks two families through the wilderness of modern life. Their stories unfold in 63 entries, each comprising a chapter of text and a visual artist’s response to the entry’s title: Adolescence, Boredom, Chemistry, etc.
Garth and I become friends after I submitted work into his then online photo/book project. Which I am happy to say is now a book! I have one photo in the book, representing "Privacy." I am lined up with some amazing photographers and friends, including: Jason Lazarus, Brian Ulrich, Tema Stauffer, Amy Elkins, Jonathan Gitelson, Shane Lavalette, Kevin Sisemore, and many more.
I have not seen my copy of the book as I have been on the road. But the last time I was in NY Garth showed me a sneak peak of his advanced copy. It was literally a peak, but from what I saw I was very intrigued and impressed.
"Privacy," From Vacancy, 2004-2005, Timothy Briner
Purchase the book from Amazon. (my first publication in hard copy!) But first...see if your local book store can get it. Support the little people!
See the website here
posted by Timothy Briner @ 10:01 AM,
2 Comments:
- At November 2, 2007 2:14 PM, said...
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Dude you’re confusing, are you saying you have a book of your own?
- At November 5, 2007 8:29 AM, said...
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nope.sorry.Garth asked for submissions for his project. There are 36 separate photos. With twenty-something photogrpahers. Its a group project, with written text by Garth.