John Gossage - Nicknames of Citizens patrick Remy Studio

John Gossage - Nicknames of Citizens patrick Remy StudioSteidl 2020 The Nicknames of Citizens continues John Gossages astute, critical and witty look at his native America; it is the third volume in his ongoing exploration of the country and its people, following Should Nature Change (2019) and the upcoming Jack Wilsons Waltz. Whether in California, Indiana or New York, whether his subjects are young artists, non descript suburbia or a dirt road, Gossages approach is the same. Nicknames, he writes, are

Thames & Hudson 2018

this MACK design of Pictures From Home clarifies the multiplicity of voices – both textual and pictorial – in order to afford a fresh perspective of this seminal body of work

you might be tempted to wonder which has the claim to be the ‘better’ work of art

The color photographs are by Welling

Format: Softcover

Book design: Nicolas Polli

Special boxed edition

motel parking lots and pawn shop wedding rings

Sna Jtz-ibajom (The House of the Writers)

and at once boldly pushing the abilities of photographic language to represent the reality and beyond

dodging pickpockets

and emotion