{"product_id":"lacuna-park-essays-and-other-adventures-in-photography-by-nicholas-muellner","title":"Lacuna Park: Essays and Other Adventures in Photography by Nicholas Muellner","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Nicholas Muellner\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigmund Freud famously declared that 'every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance.' For Nicholas Muellner, the same could be said of every photograph. From his unique perspective as a writer\/photographer, Muellner functions as both analyst and patient in this deep dive into the significance of pictures.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Alec Soth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A quite brilliant book. I devoured Nicholas Muellner’s exquisite writing and perfectly constructed stream of bright consciousness in one sitting. It is a very generous book (it is an adventure) and I suspect that every reader will appreciate the open, personal, poetic and erudite call that Muellner gives to think through the meaning of photography at this juncture in history.\" –Charlotte Cotton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLacuna Park\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of written and visual essays by the influential American photographer, writer and curator Nicholas Muellner, best known for his photobooks \u003cem\u003eThe Amnesia Pavilions\u003c\/em\u003e (named one of Time magazine's best photobooks of 2011) and \u003cem\u003eIn Most Tides an Island\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays gathered here intertwine personal accounts, historical and contemporary criticism, fictional narrative and philosophical inquiry to ask: what is existentially at stake in the making and viewing of photographs?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCreated between 2009 and 2019, these writings reflect a decade of epochal shifts in the technologies and contexts of image-making: the growth of smartphones and the ascendance of social media, and the resulting transformations in visual and social culture. This innovative collection traces that historical evolution in image-making through Muellner’s idiosyncratically emotional, humorous and melancholic visual and textual modes. Above all, in these critical and philosophical works, Muellner never abandons the position of the photographer: that person who marks their place in the world―as lover, citizen, artist and witness―by the optical device they hold in their hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLacuna Park\u003c\/em\u003e contains all of Muellner’s writings on photography. In addition to five new and previously unpublished essays, the collection includes selections published in now out-of-print and hard-to-find works, including a complete reprint of Muellner’s 2009 book \u003cem\u003eThe Photograph Commands Indifference\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e• Paperback; English; 226 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e• Publisher: SPBH Editions  \/  Pub Date: September 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e• Dimensions: 5.1 x 7.7 x 0.7 inches (W x L x D)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MACK Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555453046841,"sku":"210000000773","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/0872\/9145\/files\/lacuna-park.jpg?v=1790278569","url":"https:\/\/shop.icp.org\/products\/lacuna-park-essays-and-other-adventures-in-photography-by-nicholas-muellner","provider":"International Center of Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}