If there’s one thing i love about America and American art, with the exception of coarse of anything having to do with nature photographs, its photos of Americana. Photos that celebrate and “depict the bittersweet beauty of everyday life and lay bare the human comedy”. Lately i’ve been paying a fare bit of attention to NY based photographer Will Steacy, he seems like a really cool cat. As of recently he did a interview with an other American photographer, Zoe Strauss for photo-eye magazine.  Zoe’s new book simply titled  America is fast becoming the most talked photo book of 2008 and if you get chance to view it you’ll see why,”In highly formal compositions, she uses photography to create epic narratives that pursue a hopeful quality in adverse conditions and how people manage to live their lives” I just love stuff like that. You can purchase America By Zoe Strauss HERE  and check out tones of photos and press on her blog HERE 

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