Modern Ruins: Portraits of Place in the Mid-Atlantic Region

by Geoff Manaugh

Shaun O'Boyle has been photographing ruined landscapes and buildings, primarily in the mid-Atlantic region, for more than twenty-five years. This collection of photographs features some of his best work. The book is divided into four sections, each representing a type of site now abandoned--prisons and mental health institutions, steel production facilities, coal mining and processing facilities, and a weapons arsenal. These photographs are hauntingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271036842
• ISBN13: 9780271036847
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.3" x 8.6"