Paul Shambroom ; Bree Seeley — Meetings
, Chris Boot, 2009 Hardcover, 122 pages, ENG , 310 x 245 x 15 mm, dustjacket is included but not in good condition, book is as New, illustrated in coloured photographs. ISBN 9780954281380. An essay in the representation of politics, these large-format panoramic photographs of town council meetings across the United States are the result of four years of traveling by artist-photographer Paul Shambroom. Photographing civic meetings as staged tableaux, his pictures resemble epic history paintings, describing the humble practice of local government and the character of small town America on a grand scale. The images are accompanied by the minutes of each meeting?40,000 words reproduced on bible paper at the back of the book.
