Publisher/Straight Arrow Books

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"Suburbia," a photobook by American photographer Bill Owens, is a masterpiece documenting suburban life in America, and was nominated for Andrew Roth's "The Book of 101 Books." Owens, who became an independent photographer and started living in Livermore, California in 1968, spent two years capturing the lives of hundreds of families living in his neighborhood. The new families, who own homes in the suburbs, enjoy a rich lifestyle without material lack, surrounded by developed highways. They are symbols of the American Dream. On the other hand, there is the homeless, who exist as the flip side of consumer society, Black and Asian people who have achieved success and moved to the suburbs, and nature that is being lost due to rapid urbanization... The light and shadow lurking in a prosperous society. This book vividly portrays the historical context and reality of America at that time, and each illustration is accompanied by very interesting comments. It is a landmark collection of documentary photography that raises diverse issues through photographs. This book is the 2nd printing from 1973 and is included in "The Book of 101 Books".