{"product_id":"luke-smalley-exercise-at-home-9781936611218","title":"Luke Smalley: Exercise at Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIdiosyncratic looks at the stereotype of the red-blooded American man\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his second photobook, American photographer Luke Smalley revisits the themes from his 2002 monograph \u003ci\u003eGymnasium\u003c\/i\u003e. After receiving a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and then working as both a model and personal trainer, Smalley became fascinated with the archetype of the athletic American male, and sought to explore its more playful side. His compositions were inspired by early 20th-century fitness manuals and high school yearbooks.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eExercise at Home\u003c\/i\u003e, now reissued after being out of print since 2007, Smalley returns to his native Pennsylvania to consider the small-town interiors and landscapes that are the settings for his portraits of young athletes. Color photographs, inspired by a more innocent era, combine whimsy with the inexplicable. Smalley hires a local seamstress to construct a colossal medicine ball; he binds two boys together with a \"harness\" and leaves them in an empty room for a psychological game of tug-of-war, while somewhere nearby two others lead donkeys around the floor of a basketball court in a high school gym. Scale, time and content are altered to create the world Smalley inhabits. The lush colors of this new vision belie the viewer's sense of dislocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Smalley\u003c\/b\u003e (1955-2009) had his first photobook discovered in a hotel lobby by Dior Men's fashion designer and artistic director Kim Jones. Smalley shot Jones' first fashion line and went on to have a storied career in fashion photography. His images have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e style section, \u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eV\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Twin Palms Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901472018706,"sku":"9781936611218","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f34ef2f5-a772-44f2-b868-7c5abe3a40f2.jpg?v=1738426811","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/luke-smalley-exercise-at-home-9781936611218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}