Two Months’ Salary

Title: Two Months’ Salary

Photographer/s: Lee Gainer

Date of publication: Oct. 2009

Place of publication: Vienna, VA

Dimensions: 8.25″ x 5″

Edition size: POD

Number of pages: 54

Printer: Createspace / Amazon

Publisher: Createspace / Amazon

Language: English

ISBN: 978-1449543099

Category: Artist, POD book

Price: $19.95

Summary: Two Months’ Salary presents a lighthearted yet compelling overview of 20th century diamond marketing and its affect on the American psyche. Once considered a simple luxury item, today’s diamond engagement ring is a necessity that conveys the emotional weight of true romantic love and the financial expectation of conspicuous consumerism. Lee Gainer considers this transformation in a critical essay along with a collection of 378 examples of bridal jewelry grouped according to the average salary for a variety of occupations. Two Months’ Salary is an insightful and enjoyable trek through the world of bridal bling.

While the Two Months’ salary limited edition print set includes 20 sets of rings, the book has 42 sets of rings (over 370 unique engagement rings) including 22 completely new occupations such as: U.S. Senator, Jeweler, Photographer, Staff Sergeant, Ambulance Driver, Usher and more.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: Richmond, VA.

Website: http://www.leegainer.com

Book link: http://www.leegainer.com/tmsbook.php

Donated by: Lee Gainer

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This past weekend, the Indie Photobook Library celebrated its 2nd Anniversary. Thank you to all the photographers/artists/bookmakers that have made the collection what it is today! I’d also like to thank Advisory Board members Darius Himes, Andy Adams, Shane Lavalette, and Gabe Reed and all the venues that have welcomed the iPL. In the last two years, the collection has grown to almost 1000 books. The iPL continues to promote and showcase the books in the collection through international pop-up and feature-length exhibitions, articles, conferences, guest lectures, and also preserves them as a non-circulating public library. Having a specific collection dedicated to this contemporary movement in publishing allows for the development of future discourse on trends in self-publishing, the ability to reflect on and compare books in the collection, and for scholarly research to be conducted years, decades, and centuries to come. I am looking forward to continuing the iPL mission.

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