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Catherine Opie

Phaidon. Jun. 2021. 338p. ISBN 9781838662189. $150. PHOTOG

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This huge monograph (essential for those interested in Opie’s work) is the first career-length survey of this contemporary photographer whose work explores the many varieties of American identity. Includes images from all the artist’s major projects, essays by curators and critics Hilton Als, Douglas Fogle, and Helen Molesworth, and an interview with the artist by writer/curator Charlotte Cotton.

Reviewed by Michael Dashkin, New York , Nov 01, 2021

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