Frezno
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $29.95
Manufacturer: Process
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Description
“I love this book. It’s all in here and the heart of it is Tony’s big true eye. He got it . . . the oddness, meanness, beauty and soul of this sad hilarious fractured place. Viva Fresno.”—Terry Allen
The central California teenage wasteland is the bane of its inhabitants and the butt of a thousand late night TV jokes. It comes in next to dead last in surveys of cities with a high quality of life.
Though it’s one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the country, with a large population of Basques, Hispanics, African Americans, Vietnamese, and Armenians, Fresno is also a killing capitol, home to low-riding cholos, empty buildings, and dope drops. It is also the birthplace of the lauded young photographer Tony Stamolis, whose fascination with his strange hometown provides a disturbing, hilarious, and poignant insider’s view of post-suburban American badlands and its inhabitants.
Tony Stamolis exhibits in New York; Los Angeles; Marfa, Texas; and overseas. His work also appears in The New York Times, RollingStone, Maxim, Urb, Nerve, Giant, Mass Appeal, Flaunt, and Black Book.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-05-20
Summary: "Crazy Cool!"
I LOVED this book. It showed Fresno in such a gritty, skanky yet wonderful light. I look forward to seeing more work by Tony Stamolis.
Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2009-04-07
Summary: "Hmmm"
Although there were some interesting photos in this book, I wasn't to impressed with it. Some of the photos were just vulgar and it seemed like he was just finding the ugliest things to take photos of in Fresno. I grew up in Fresno and while there are a great many unpleasant things to be seen there, there are just as many, if not more beautiful things as well. I thought this was a book with history and literature, but it's just a picture book, and for the most part, a very ugly picture book. I wish I hadn't bought it. Sorry Tony.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-12-23
Summary: "love it!"
amazing and fun! once you pick it up, you cant put it down....
its great to break it out at parties... a good conversation piece.
buy it! own it! love it!
...but make sure its not on the coffee table when yr. granny comes over!)