From the publisher: "The photographs in Americans Seen were made between 1979 and 1986, when Sage Sohier was a young photographer living in Boston. As Sohier writes in her introduction, 'In that pre-digital and less paranoid era, families — and especially children and teenagers — used to hang out in their neighborhoods. A kind of theater of the streets emerged from the boredom of hot summer days and it was a great time to photograph people outside. Undoubtedly my own childhood afternoons, often spent in my neighbor’s basement creating theatrical productions with the four kids who lived there, helped to form my vision of the play of children as a kind of rite or performance. That our audience was comprised of our dogs never discouraged us.' Over the next seven years, Sohier made portraits of people living in Boston’s many working class and ethnic neighborhoods, as well as in the towns she visited each summer during her annual road trips: one through small town Pennsylvania via dilapidated Newburgh, New York, another to mining areas in rural West Virginia, and once to Mormon enclaves in Utah and Idaho. During long Boston winters, Sohier would head south and photograph in the citrus-producing regions of inland Florida, or through the Florida panhandle to New Orleans and Cajun country. Nazraeli Press first published Americans Seen in 2017 as part of our limited-edition NZ Library series. We are thrilled to announce a remastered trade edition, making this extraordinary body of work available to a larger audience. Sage Sohier’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the International Center for Photography, New York; and the Art." (Nazraeli Press, 2024)

Arthur Lee, the archetypal mercurial genius and the driving force behind the legendary L.A. band Love, is throughly profiled in this wonderful biography named Forever Changes after the group’s timelessly excellent 1967 album. Don’t be “Alone Again Or,” “Old Man”! Pick up “The Red Telephone” or “The Daily Planet” and grab this tome today or else it’ll be a real “Bummer in the Summer.” Oof, sorry. Anyway, book of the day! (Jawbone Press, 2024)

Our book of the day is While I'm Away, the handsome new monograph of paintings by Rocky Morton, which accompanies his imminently opening exhibition at Shatto Gallery. To let the gallery tell it: “Known primarily for his work in filmmaking, Rocky Morton makes a striking return to his roots in painting, exploring the depths of human experience through his unique artistic lens. Drawing from his deep fascination with science and the essence of humanity, Morton’s latest works stand apart, in their inspiration and innovative creation process. Employing a fresh approach, Morton uses a leaf blower to propel strings of paint—mixed with a unique elastic ingredient—across the canvas. This technique results in delicate, thread-like patterns, reminiscent of mycelium, the fungal networks that connect all living plants and trees, bringing a touch of nature’s unpredictability into his art.” The book is available now at Arcana. The exhibition opens on Saturday, November 2nd at Shatto, 3130 Wilshire Boulevard, #104, Los Angeles, California.