{"product_id":"luke-smalley-exercise-at-home","title":"Luke Smalley: Exercise At Home","description":"\u003cp class=\"heading \n      heading--medium \n       \n      heading--default\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIdiosyncratic looks at the stereotype of the red-blooded American man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his second photobook, American photographer Luke Smalley revisits the themes from his 2002 monograph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGymnasium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"heading \n      heading--medium \n       \n      heading--default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter receiving a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and then working as both a model and personal trainer, Smalley became fascinated with the archetype of the athletic American male, and sought to explore its more playful side. His compositions were inspired by early 20th-century fitness manuals and high school yearbooks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"heading \n      heading--medium \n       \n      heading--default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExercise at Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, now reissued after being out of print since 2007, Smalley returns to his native Pennsylvania to consider the small-town interiors and landscapes that are the settings for his portraits of young athletes. Color photographs, inspired by a more innocent era, combine whimsy with the inexplicable. Smalley hires a local seamstress to construct a colossal medicine ball; he binds two boys together with a \"harness\" and leaves them in an empty room for a psychological game of tug-of-war, while somewhere nearby two others lead donkeys around the floor of a basketball court in a high school gym. Scale, time and content are altered to create the world Smalley inhabits. The lush colors of this new vision belie the viewer’s sense of dislocation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"heading \n      heading--medium \n       \n      heading--default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuke Smalley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1955–2009) had his first photobook discovered in a hotel lobby by Dior Men’s fashion designer and artistic director Kim Jones. Smalley shot Jones’ first fashion line and went on to have a storied career in fashion photography. His images have appeared in the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estyle section,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDazed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"heading \n      heading--medium \n       \n      heading--default\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePUBLISHER: TWIN PALMS PUBLISHERS\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FORMAT: Hardcover, 8 x 12 in. \/ 48 pgs \/ 30 color\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152911888407,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1705\/1039\/files\/3CA56949-FBA7-4D3E-A0C2-F6694612FAD8_1_201_a.heic?v=1780345174","url":"https:\/\/cultureedit.com\/products\/luke-smalley-exercise-at-home","provider":"CULTUREEDIT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}