{"product_id":"civilization-the-way-we-live-now-9780500021705","title":"Civilization: The Way We Live Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe hurtle together into the future at ever-increasing speed--or so it seems to the collective psyche. Perpetually evolving, morphing, building and demolishing, rethinking, reframing and reshaping the world around and ahead--and the people within it--an emerging, planetary-wide Civilization is our grand, global, collective endeavor. Never before in human history have so many people been so interconnected, and so interdependent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up \"civilization.\" Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from our great collective achievements to our ruinous collective failings, \u003cem\u003eCivilization: The Way We Live Now\u003c\/em\u003e explores the complexity of contemporary civilization through the rich, nuanced language of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing images by some 140 photographers--from Reiner Riedler's families at leisure parks, Raimond Wouda's high schools, Wang Qingsong's \u003cem\u003eWork, Work, Work\u003c\/em\u003e and Cindy Sherman's Society Portraits, to Lauren Greenfield's displays of ostentatious wealth, Edward Burtynsky's oil fields, Pablo Lopez Luz's views on a sprawling contemporary megapolis, Thomas Struth's images of high technology, Xing Danwen's electronic wastelands and Taryn Simon's Contraband, \u003cem\u003eCivilization\u003c\/em\u003e draws together the threads of humankind's ever-changing, frenetic, collective life across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisually epic, \u003cem\u003eCivilization\u003c\/em\u003e contains eight thematic chapters, each featuring powerful imagery and accompanied by provocative essays, quotes, and concise statements by the artists themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoussell, Holly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eHolly Roussell\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate curator and art historian specializing in photography and contemporary art from Asia.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEwing, William A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam A. Ewing\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author, lecturer, and curator of photography and former director of the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne. His many publications on photography include \u003cem\u003eEdward Burtynsky: Essential Elements and Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844572025106,"sku":"9780500021705","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d4c79ee-e38f-4fbd-8ffd-56153692eac0.jpg?v=1737325636","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/civilization-the-way-we-live-now-9780500021705","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}