{"product_id":"voyagers-9780999265512","title":"Voyagers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA charming collection of vintage photographs of readers lost in thought\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere do our minds go when we read books, magazines and letters? Do we seek an escape, a portal to another world? A secret, a truth, a pleasant distraction? \u003ci\u003eVoyagers\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Melissa Catanese (author of \u003ci\u003eDive Dark Dream Slow\u003c\/i\u003e), consists almost entirely of anonymous black-and-white snapshots of people in various postures of reading in living rooms, on beds, at the beach, eating breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe can't see what these readers are thinking, but Catanese occasionally breaks the hypnotic typological rhythm to reveal a new photographic element--a pyramid, a starry night, sunlight blindingly glowing through a window--giving us brief glimpses of the readers' potential narrative journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wordless book with the size and feel of a vintage paperback found at a flea market, \u003ci\u003eVoyagers\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us of the power and intimacy of our relationship to reading devices, and evokes an exotic nostalgia for our recent predigital culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs with Catanese's prior books (\u003ci\u003eDive Dark Dream Slow\u003c\/i\u003e [2012], \u003ci\u003eHells Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFallen Monarch\u003c\/i\u003e [2016]), the images were judiciously selected from the collection of Peter J. Cohen, a celebrated trove of more than 20,000 vernacular photographs from the early to mid-20th century. Gathered from flea markets, dealers and eBay, these images have been acquired, exhibited and included in a range of major museum publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6641157\"\u003eMelissa Catanese\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ice Plant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999265512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999265512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHO\"\u003ePhotography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHO016000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Portraits \u0026amp; Selfies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ice Plant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42660228661485,"sku":"9780999265512","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_9dce9a66-f36b-4e04-9a1c-3913d27da809.jpg?v=1649349477","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/voyagers-9780999265512","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}