{"product_id":"michael-jang-9780997593594","title":"Michael Jang","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Lucie Photobook Prize Award: Independent Category\u003cbr\u003eJang has an affinity for taking what would normally be banal subject matter and turning it into a visual treat--whether depicting familu, politicians, performers, or everyday people on the street. -- Kenneth Dickerman * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eJang’s “rediscovery” has a lot to do with his talent, but it also has to do with a more hospitable cultural moment. -- Madeline Coleman * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eWhere Jang’s photography sets itself apart is its idiosyncratic sense of humour. Playful and candid, Jang’s approached the medium with irreverence... -- Belle Hutton * AnOther *\u003cbr\u003eWhat comes across throughout the book and the work itself is the warmth of the photographer and his fascination with the people and things that surrounded him – but, above all, his remarkably contemporary style of photography. -- Elizabeth Roberts * Black + White *\u003cbr\u003eJang’s images have a subtle allure that keeps you coming back. Sometimes you see something new, sometimes it’s a matter of trying to unpack what the hell makes you so drawn to the photo. -- Mark Murrmann * Mother Jones *\u003cbr\u003eThere’s something to admire in how technically precise Jang is in working in black and white — he seems to understand intuitively the depth of a picture before he even takes it. -- Thessaly La Force * New York Times: Style *\u003cbr\u003eThe more Jang images the scene, the more you have fun trying to reverse-engineer his process. -- Pat Padua * Spectrum Culture *\u003cbr\u003e[Michael Jang's] deeply funny and idiosyncratic images [are] of suburbs, celebrities, and California in the 1970s. -- Will Matsuda * Aperture *\u003cbr\u003eA distillation, often comical, sometimes nostalgic, of the the ‘American way of life,’ as taste-tested by this Asian family that seems to have embraced the delights of western capitalism with gusto. -- Clémentine Goldszal * Le Monde *\u003cbr\u003eJang’s images are ... at once both incredibly candid and often so perfectly odd that on first glance you think they must have been staged. -- Rachael Steven * Creative Review *\u003cbr\u003eWho is Michael Jang? offers a compacted collection of his most important work, delving into the world of a true original. -- Toby Orton * Plain Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eThe new monograph Who Is Michael Jang? looks at the curious and covert career of photographer Michael Jang. * PDN *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly banal yet extraordinarily absurd, ... Michael Jang’s images ... balance a combination of what seem to be strategically placed clues amid barely controlled chaos. -- Laura Andre * Photo Eye *\u003cbr\u003eJang’s images were mischievous and quirky, full of visual jokes about how the rich and famous and the freaks and burnouts weren’t all that different from one another. In the years since, Jang has spent more time digging through his archives. The result is a stunning monograph, “Who Is Michael Jang?\" -- Hua Hsu * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eThe new McEvoy exhibition ... explores Jang’s career as a portrait and street photographer in California, concentrating on his early work as he was discovering the medium. -- Sara Bacon * Richmond District *\u003cbr\u003eThe pictures are hilarious, absurd, fond, empathetic, and unaffected. -- Johnathan Griffin * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe hefty Who Is Michael Jang?, the artist’s first monograph, makes a case for Jang’s place in twentieth-century photography nearly fifty years after he began making pictures. -- Stephen Hilger * BOMB *\u003cbr\u003eThe photographer’s first major monograph, Who Is Michael Jang? highlights Jang’s most important bodies of work. -- Marvin Maddix * FGUK *\u003cbr\u003eThese photos are an incredible time capsule of American life in 70s and 80s California as seen through Michael Jang’s witty, inquisitive, and offbeat eyes. -- Ed Templeton * Photographer *\u003cbr\u003eJang is an enigma, always at the right place at the right time in history. He is a true fly on the wall, disappearing \u0026amp; observing, waiting for the candid moments. -- Ryan McGuinley * Photographer *\u003cbr\u003eWho is Michael Jang? I don’t know if he’s a hipster or a nerd, a conceptual genius or instinctual savant. All I know is that he takes some of best pictures I’ve ever seen. -- Alec Soth * Photographer *\u003cbr\u003eMichael Jang is a hero of mine. He was there photographing all the early movements that altered the foundation of my life. -- Barry McGee * Artist *","brand":"Atelier Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885193507159,"sku":"9780997593594","price":45.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/michael-jang-9780997593594","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}