{"product_id":"matthew-lopezjensen-the-work-and-the-water-9781941753774","title":"Matthew LópezJensen The Work and the Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the Erie Canal's 200th anniversary, López-Jensen's series centers the unseen labor that keeps the waterway operational\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut photobook \u003ci\u003eThe Work and the Water: Labor and Landscapes along the Erie Canal\u003c\/i\u003e by Matthew López-Jensen (born 1980) is a work of environmental social practice centering the unseen labor required to keep the Erie Canal, a 524-mile inland waterway in upstate New York, operational. Over 40 photographs are accompanied by commentary from the more than 400 employees who work on the canal year-round, often out of view and in hazardous conditions. As the first artist-in-residence with the canal in its 200-year history, López-Jensen visited every lock in the system from Buffalo to Albany, from Whitehall to Seneca Falls. The archive of images he created helps communicate the potentials of the canal as a site for environmental restoration while also conveying the scale of this colossal piece of infrastructure that transformed the region in ways that are still felt today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Distributed Art Pub","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151384670551,"sku":"9781941753774","price":21.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781941753774.jpg?v=1762961010","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/matthew-lopezjensen-the-work-and-the-water-9781941753774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}