Larry Sultan: Here and Home

Book info: Larry Sultan: Here and Home (Hardcover, 208 pages) – Prestel USA, 2014. Language: English.

This first comprehensive overview of celebrated photographer Larry Sultan’s work accompanies a major retrospective and features work from every significant series, including Homeland, his most recent body of work. This first comprehensive overview of celebrated photographer Larry Sultan’s work accompanies a major retrospective and features work from every significant series, including: Evidence (1977), the conceptual project with Mike Mandel, which broke ground by demonstrating how context and sequence directly influence our interpretation of photographs; Pictures from Home (1982–92), a personal exploration of family and domesticity challenging larger notions of representation through use of contemporary pictures of Sultan’s parents contrasted with movie stills from his childhood; The Valley (1998–2003), a deliberate inquiry into the subversion of the suburban homes commonly used by the porn industry as sets for films; and Homeland (2006–09), Sultan’s most recent body of work, depicting day laborers posed in evocative California settings suggesting both dislocation and longing. Also featured are additional early collaborative works with Mandel, selected later career editorial work, and writings by and interviews with Sultan elucidating his creative process. Editorial Reviews Review "Collects pictures of wit and pathos that were close to [Sultan's] suburban roots."


—The Los Angeles Times About the Author Philip Gefter was on staff at The New York Times for many years, where he served as Page One Picture Editor and wrote regularly about photography. He is author of Sam Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe and Photography After Frank. He produced the award-winning documentary Bill Cunningham New York.