Cargo / Richard Misrach ; essay by Rebecca Solnit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Misrach, Richard, 1949- photographer.

Contributor:

Solnit, Rebecca, writer of added commentary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Misrach, Richard, 1949-.

Misrach, Richard.

Cargo ships--California--San Francisco Bay--21st century--Pictorial works.

Cargo ships.

Photography, Artistic.

San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--21st century--Pictorial works.

San Francisco Bay (Calif.).

art photography.

Physical Description:

155 pages, including 4 foldouts : chiefly illustrations (color), color maps ; 31 x 40 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Richard Misrach : cargo

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Aperture, 2025.

Summary:

"Richard Misrach: Cargo presents the acclaimed photographer's sublime meditation on the often-unseen patterns of global trade and commerce. In 2021, on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which, at its height, seemed to nearly halt the networks of international trade, Misrach began taking thousands of photographs of cargo ships as they moved to and from the Port of Oakland, California. In these monumental seascapes, cargo ships appear frozen in time--diminutive but stalwart--within an expansive, richly colored confluence of sea, sky, and atmosphere. Eerie, sparse, and undeniably beautiful, Misrach's images abstractly trace multiple histories: the recent collapse and slow recovery of these seafaring trade routes, the confrontation of the human and natural environment in an era of climate disaster, and a rich lineage of maritime art"--https://aperture.org/books/richard-misrach-cargo-signed-edition, accessed June 26, 2025.

Notes:

Includes an essay, Ebb and Flow, by Rebecca Solnit.

ISBN:

159711586X

9781597115865

OCLC:

1446795294