Publisher's Synopsis
Thomas Prior's 'Amen Break' turns its gaze on 2020, and the moment that New York ground to a standstill. Prior, whose documentary photographic practice is rooted in the street, found himself stalking the once-bustling commercial districts of his city, absorbing the moment when conventional ideas around daily life, from the personal to the political, were upended and a global dialogue emerged around health, welfare, race, civil rights, the economy, and ultimately the future. Prior evokes the amen break to consider how singular events - the murder of George Floyd, the choice to wear a mask or not, or an untruth uttered by a leader - can create ripples on the future, a beat and rhythm against which history is composed.
