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Lost America: The Abandoned Roadside West
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 978
EAN: 9780760314906
ISBN: 076031490X
Label: MBI
Manufacturer: MBI
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: July 13, 2003
Publisher: MBI
Studio: MBI
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Rating:  - Get "Lost"...
Troy Paiva is, simply put, a brilliant photographer. The subject matter of his compositions are powerful enough by themselves, but Troy is able to bring out the true magic mystique in them with his fantastic use of color and shade contrasts. Highly recommended for anyone looking for not only groundbreaking photography, but anyone who has passed by those long forgotten roadside attracts, and dreamed about what once was...
Rating: - Troy started it all....
If you love night photography and abandoned places and things, this book is for you. Troy Paiva was the man who first defined this area of artistic expression. His work has inspired my own; and he is as original as the places and things that he shoots. I wasn't impressed that much with the paper ( a little thin) and the print could have been better, but it's still a lot of bang for your buck. He describes the people, places and things behind the photographs. It is an excellent read by a very good ... Read More
Rating: - The Real "Land That Time Forgot"
Now in its second print-run, Troy Paiva's LOST AMERICA is the equivalent of a medieval "Ubi sunt?" poem, with abandoned drive-ins and car shells standing in for the Roman temples and aqueducts. His striking, beautifully lit night-shots are more than nostalgia or kitschy tributes; they're documents of an American culture that sheds identities and icons with unsettling ease. As others have noted, Paiva's as good a writer as he is a photo-artist, and so the accompanying essays are just as evocative as ... Read More
Rating: - More Then Just Junk
When I first came across this book it intrigued me because, I was so in tuned to the wasteful nature of our culture. The incredible thing is when I show most people the book at first they say "So you wasted $15 on photo's of junk?", but a few hours or few days later their asking to see the book again. This time they remark on the genius of it all, the beauty of the photo's, and the magical way the objects come to life. I would also tell them to read what Troy Paiva has written in the book itself. In ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book!
Amazing pictures and very well written stories.
Definitely a book worth having if you like photography.
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