Aaron Stern: Ghost Rider

Aaron Stern: Ghost Rider Los Angeles Photographs

Hardback (03 Sep 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Using rental cars as mobile studios, Stern portrays the extremes of life in Los Angeles

Ghost Rider is a 15-year survey of photographer Aaron Stern's pictures of Los Angeles. Starting in 2006, Stern used rental cars as mobile studios, shooting for sometimes 10 hours a day for weeks at a time, taking thousands of photographs and Polaroids. Stern explores how the landscape we choose for ourselves defines us--what does a life look like that is frayed at the edges? Through the open window of his car, he witnessed peril and empathy, as well as stories of reinvention, the pursuit of fame and wealth and those living on the fringes of society. Stern captures the voyeuristic tension between what is meant to be seen and what is not, while questioning the standard iconography of LA, from immaculately kept muscle cars in the driveways of working-class neighborhoods like North Hollywood to the towering palm trees.

Book information

ISBN: 9783981982435
Publisher: Tpb Productions
Imprint: Kominek Books
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 126
Weight: -1g
Height: 298mm
Width: 241mm
Spine width: 0mm