Grace

By Gregory Spaid

There is something plain about America that can be experienced most clearly in rural places. It can be heard in unpretentious speech, seen in unadorned buildings, and felt in wide open spaces. I have tried to photograph this humble quality in various places throughout the United States, but most often on the high plains of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska, and in Knox County, Ohio, where I live.There is a palpable melancholy in much of rural America, a sense of premature loss that may explain why so many of these photographs deal with abandonment. But there is also hope, which springs from the resilience of the land and its spiritual power in the lives of people. This is what I mean by grace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966579836
• ISBN13: 9780966579833
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Safe Harbor Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The beauty of rural

I grew up in a big city. Now study in a small college town for my Ph.D. degree. If I had never lived in the rural area, I would never understand the wild beauty that rest within. Gregory Spaid's captured the essence of the rural beauty: It's wildness, tranquility as well as livelihood.

A moving visual testament

In Grace: Photographs Of Rural America, Gregory Spaid presents a memorable series of photographs taken on the high plains of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Ohio. These stark and impressive black-and-white images reveal an almost palpable melancholy arising from rural America. But there is also an ingrained hope springing from the resilience of the land and the spirit of the people that visually articulate the concept of "grace". Gregory Spaid's Grace is a moving visual testament and an outstanding example of the power of a photograph upon the mind and imagination of the viewer.