Slums in the Sky: How Photography Killed Mass Social Housing
Slums in the Sky: How Photography Killed Mass Social Housing In 1972, a failing public housing complex in St. Louis called the Pruitt-Igoe was dynamited, marking the beginning of the end of the utopian project of living better together. Yet the kinds of photography that helped indict projects like the Pruitt-Igoe pictured consequences, not causes of failure, thus discrediting public housing before it could be more fairly evaluated. This lecture will consider the ways in which photography has shaped discourses of home and community in the postwar world, imagining also the ways in which images might revive affordable housing projects in future. Sarah Churchill, PhD Candidate at Drew University and Adjunct Instructor of Art History at Housatonic Community College All what's you should know: Explore the list of the best books to learn about WW2, and Murder Click link to get this book from Amazon: World War II The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom B...