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Low

Title: Low

Photographer/s: Jesse Burke

Contributor/s: Essay “Nothing Under My Skin But Light” by Nils Ericson

Date of publication: 9/11/2009

Dimensions: 10X8″

Type of binding: Hardcover with dust jacket, Library binding

Number of pages: 54

Number of pictures: 23

Printer: blurb.com

Designer: Adam Larson

Language: English

Category: Artist Book

Price: $36.95

Summary: This body of work is an exploration into the world of inner demons and displaced persons. I photographed the people who live on the streets. The shoot location was situated between two shelters, which supply basic needs to the homeless and addicted, a crossroads of sorts. My intentions are to take people that one ignores or passes in the streets and place them on a pedestal to emphasize their individual beauty. In these images these hardened souls become vulnerable icons, allowing the world to see a different side of being low.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 5/24/1972 Bridgeport, CT.

Website: www.jesseburke.com

Book link: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/852387

Donated by: Jesse Burke

iPL Notes: Received at Review Santa Fe 2011.

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Published on July 27, 2011 8:40 pm.
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The Indie Photobook Library is TWO!

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.

Cheers,
Larissa Leclair
Founder, Indie Photobook Library