JOURNAL CULTURE Once inside, the photographers responded to what they saw, focusing on things that they found interesting and things they knew would be gone in 10, 15, 20 years. “We’d go into a playroom and see a bookshelf of World Book Encyclopedias,” he said. “We had those when I was growing up. It was a privilege to have them in your house. Now, some kids don’t even know what encyclopedias are.” Same with television screens. During the three years he photographed the project, Mebane said he didn’t see one single flat-screen television. Instead, there were big heavy televisions, some consoles that were decades old. “You’re aware that technology is changing rapidly,” he said. “We didn’t encounter flat-screen televisions. Now, you can’t buy one that isn’t a flat screen.” They took 9,000 large-format photographs of everything from old family photos, furniture and other belongings in dozens of homes in 30 states. They didn’t record addresses or names of homeowners. They didn’t take photos
of items that could identify a region of the country. “We wanted objects of American identity, not regional or local identities,” Mebane said. In 2008, the photographers began photographing houses at night, a strobe light attached to the roof of their car. They photographed 1,800 of them from California to New York. Together, the two series reduce America to objects and buildings. The collection has been published in “Empire,” named one of the nine best photography books of the summer by Art News. Daylight Publishing published the book with support from the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. Mebane is working on his next book project, “To the Sea,” a series of photographs made in the area covered by Sherman’s army’s march from Atlanta to Savannah. His goal is to have the book out by December 2014, the 150th anniversary of the march.
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