HARE, Chauncey - Protest Photographs

Background information

"American photographer Chauncey HARE made highly detailed photographs of the interiors of working-class homes and workplaces across America in the late 1960's and early 1970's. 

Content

This photo volume, 'Protest Photographs', contains twice as many moving, disturbing and often surprising photographs as have appeared in his two earlier books, 'Interior America' (1977) and 'This Was Corporate America' (1984). Chauncey HARE's fast-paced introduction to this book highlights his life of protest, a life filled with unbelievable coincidences, learning, and pain. He describes his strong identification with the people whose homes he photographs and his adamant unwillingness to betray them by selling their photographs at any price. Chauncey HARE tells of his struggles to have his photographs, accompanied by explanatory text, accepted by the art world. He relates the abusive situations he has endured in his childhood, and in his work life as an engineer at a major oil company and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Chauncey HARE does not define himself as a photographer, but instead an engineer, a family therapist and, above all, a protester." (© Steidl Verlag, 2008)

About the American photographer Chauncey HARE (1934-2019)

Photo books by Chauncey HARE