‘We, the Free’ is the final volume in photographer Matt Eich’s four-part series of monographs that began in 2016. Altogether the series considers the weight of collective memory in the shaping of American identity. Departing from the formula seen in the previous volumes of depicting a regional microcosm, the final book features images taken across the entire United States. Spanning nearly fifteen years, Eich’s photographs were made as he came of age and over a period when the American superpower began to decline as it faced increasing national tensions. This significant body of work is a photographic chronicle of modern American society entering a point of no return.

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ISBN 9783906822556
168 p, ills colour, 25 x 25 cm, hb, English