{"product_id":"omen-phantasmagoria-at-the-farm-security-administration-archive-1935-1944","title":"Omen. Phantasmagoria at the Farm Security Administration Archive 1935-1944","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Omen” reexamines the Farm Security Administration’s photographic archive, revealing a lesser-known narrative that challenges traditional views of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\"\u003eThis book’s visual sequence breaks norms, creatively cropping images from the Farm Security Administration archives (1935-1944) at the New York Public Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\"\u003eLucy Ives, the acclaimed American writer and poet, skilfully penned Omen’s captivating text. Ives has firmly established herself as a leading voice in the contemporary literary world, with numerous critically acclaimed publications to her name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\"\u003eChasing the ghost, the traces of oblivion, and the echoes of what was and no longer is, the book *Omen* is a revision and reframing of a fraction of the photographic archive of the Farm Security Administration (1935- 1944), hosted at the New York Public Library. That program was one of the milestones of modern documentary photography, instrumental in constructing a hegemonic narrative; one mainly about triumph against adversity, division, and catastrophe in the recent history of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\"\u003eBut by gazing over that monumental set of images; by scrutinizing the corners of the pictures, the backgrounds, and details; by examining the secondary characters; in what should not be there and what appears by chance, accident or error, it is possible to discover a different narrative, one that is thicker, murkier, more troubled, complex, contemporary and contradictory. Both a shatter and an apex: a premonition of the genealogical continuity of the many (tumultuous, visible, and invisible, thunderous, and silent) systemic violences that make up the face of American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\"\u003eA book that serves as a mirror for the distressing reality of the United States these days, and, at the same time, as a device for reflection on the way historical and documentary photography is read and understood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui list\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePublished by Editorial RM\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e168 pages\u003cbr\u003e235 x 335 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9788419233103\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Editorial RM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50861019922763,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/Omen_cover.jpg?v=1732029820","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/fr\/products\/omen-phantasmagoria-at-the-farm-security-administration-archive-1935-1944","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}