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Dead end / author Nicola Moscelli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moscelli, Nicola, Photographer.
- Montoya, Maceo, Author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions--Pictorial works.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Mexican-American Border Region--History.
- Boundaries.
- Borderlands--Mexico--Pictorial works.
- Borderlands.
- Borderlands--United States--Pictorial works.
- Mexico--Relations--United States.
- Mexico.
- United States--Relations--Mexico.
- United States.
- Street photography--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Street photography.
- Cul-de-sac streets--Mexican-American Border Region--Pictorial works.
- Cul-de-sac streets.
- Border security--Mexican-American Border Region--Pictorial works.
- Border security.
- boundaries.
- Genre:
- artists' books (books)
- Artists' books.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 358 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cm. + 1 folded color map (48 x 68 cm. folded to 24 x 14 cm.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Other Title:
- Title, Dead end
- Top fore-edge title on wrapper flap of first/left section: (MX)
- Bottom fore-edge title on wrapper flap of first/left section: Mexico
- Top fore-edge title on wrapper flap of last/right section: (US)
- Bottom fore-edge title on wrapper flap of last/right section: United States of America
- Place of Publication:
- [Castelfranco Veneto (TV), Italy] : Publishing house, Penisola Edizioni, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- "Nicola Moscelli (Taranto, 1980) is an engineer, photographer, and documentary maker. He uses photography and visual arts to stimulate attention ... on the environment and the way in which humanity relates to ... it."-- https://www.penisolaedizioni.com/en/prodotto/dead-end-nicola-moscelli/
- Summary:
- "An archeovisual journey along the US-Mexico border investigating its impact on people's lives,culture, and history, perceived as elements of a common higher narrative: the dead end."--Printed paper wrapper, page 4.
- Text block composed of four sections. First "Section Mexico" (within front wrapper flap) contains two subparts. "Subsection Images" is comprised of sixty 2-page black-and-white photos with caption naming location and month (2008-2022). Many photos also accompanied by a quotation related to an element of the respective photo. Some of these quotations are in Spanish with English translation. "Subsection Essays" consists of a list of the 60 photos citing latitude/longitude, and photo title. Some entries in the list include anecdote or brief essay related to an element of the respective photo.
- "Section History" contains archival images (some color or colorized) numbered ARUS01-ARUS15, which are interspersed with images ARMX01-ARMX17, with caption citing approximate time period, location, and title. Some images also accompanied by a quotation related to an element of the respective image, and a few of these quotations are in Spanish with English translation. These images include photos, pictures, and a text facsimile. Also interspersed are some anecdotes and brief essays.
- Last "Section United States of America" (within back wrapper flap) contains two subparts. "Subsection Images" is comprised of sixty 2-page black-and-white photos with caption naming location and month (2011-2022). Many photos also accompanied by a quotation related to an element of the respective photo. A couple of these quotations are in Spanish with English translation. "Subsection Essays" consists of a list of the 60 photos citing latitude/longitude, and photo title. Some entries in the list include anecdote or brief essay related to an element of the respective photo.
- Separate map focuses on US-Mexico border, with markers where each image was based (the vast majority directly on the border). Map includes two insets (New York City/Long Island area, and Mexico City region) which have markers for the locations of three of the images.
- Contents:
- Mexico
- Dead End
- History
- United States of America
- Notes:
- Title and statement of responsibility from page 145 and front cover.
- "Graphic design and cartography, Roberto Vito D'Amico."--Page 166.
- Place of publication from publisher web page https://www.penisolaedizioni.com/en/about/
- "Archival images MX01-60 and US01-60 ... are faithful reproductions of Google Streetview captures."--Page 166.
- "500 copies."--Colophon, page 166.
- Second section printed on yellow paper.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9788884354532
- 8884354536
- OCLC:
- 1468607086
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