Americans is the second book in a series on America by Christopher Morris. While the first book My America (Steidl,2006) focused on Republican nationalism, Americans takes a much broader journey across American society. With anempathetic and critical eye, Morris presents a nation in a state of perpetual loss and its people searching for an identity- stranded within two long-running wars and an economy on the verge of collapse.
Americans is the second book in a series on America by Christopher Morris. While the first book My America (Steidl,2006) focused on Republican nationalism, Americans takes a much broader journey across American society. With anempathetic and critical eye, Morris presents a nation in a state of perpetual loss and its people searching for an identity- stranded within two long-running wars and an economy on the verge of collapse.
Christopher Morris, born in California in 1958, began his career as a documentary conflict photographer, workingalmost exclusively with Time magazine, where he has been on contract since 1990. Parallel to his career as a photojournalist,Morris has recently worked for fashion clients including Dior and Louis Vuitton. Morris has received manyawards including the Robert Capa Gold Medal, the Olivier Rebbot Award, and the Infinity Award for photojournalismfrom the International Center of Photography. Morris is a founding member of the photojournalist agency VII in New York.
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Das Titelzitat verweist den Rezensenten auf Robert Frank. Wie Frank, so verrät Lennart Laberenz, vermisst Christopher Morris die amerikanische Gesellschaft im kollektiven Katerzustand ab 2010. Zu sehen ist in den Porträts laut Laberenz die miese Ernährung, die Ernüchterung, die Ratlosigkeit und Leere. Aber auch die übriggebliebenen nunmehr leeren Posen. Das alles zeigt Morris laut Laberenz ohne Pathos, mit klaren Linien und anders als Frank, ohne ein Lächeln auf den Gesichtern.
