"The photographer Ed Morris describes the bicycle as 'the perfect vehicle for traveling across the country,' and the mayor as the 'perfect vehicle for creating a collective portrait of the United States.' It's only natural, then, that he would put the two together.
His new book, Mayors Across America, documents his 3,600-mile, coast-to-coast bicycle trip, during which he photographed the mayors of the cities through which he passed, and in so doing, underscored something essential about our democratic spirit. Riding 65 miles a day for 59 days, Morris passed through 13 states at a remarkably brisk pace. But he still managed to photograph these men and woman - 87 in all - as though he knew them intimately. And if indeed the images create a collective portrait of the country, then said portrait reveals an America that is hopeful, good-humored, and diverse."
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A unique and fascinating photography study,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mayors Across America - A 3,600 mile bicycle journey documenting the American Mayor (Hardcover)
Ed Morris had an idea. Take a bicycle trip across America with camera in hand taking pictures of American city mayors along the way. He was able to average about 50 miles a day and carried 600 rolls of film. He put his bike and his camera to very good use as evidenced by "Mayors Across America: A 3,600 Mile Bicycle Journey Documenting The American Mayor". The coffee-table art book sized compendium is chronologically arranged and presents a full page photography of the mayors he encountered, along with the name and location of their communities, as well as their population figures and a mayoral quotation. A unique and fascinating photography study, "Mayors Across America" is highly recommended and could well serve as a template for similar projects by other creative, innovative photography collections.
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