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Fragile Dwelling: How the Homeless Create Places of Their Own
 
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Fragile Dwelling: How the Homeless Create Places of Their Own [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Margaret Morton (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Aperture; illustrated edition edition (29 Nov 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0893819158
  • ISBN-13: 978-0893819156
  • Product Dimensions: 29.9 x 25.2 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,287,176 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Over a ten-year period, Margaret Morton documented the inventive ways in which homeless people in New York City have created not only places to live but also communities that offer a sense of pride, place and individuality. Morton's camera reveals the ingenuity of builders who have constructed homes out of discarded materials such as warehouse pallets, junked auto parts and demolition scrap. Her luminous photographs bring to light the determination and aesthetic sensibilities of all but forgotten people whose temporary encampments became permanent homes until they were demolished by the city. Seen together with compelling oral histories told by the builders, the photographs in Fragile Dwelling tell the universal story of a need for personal space and the resilience of the human spirit.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An insightful photographic study into the transient lives of home builders, 29 Mar 2009
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This book helped me reavaluate my thoughts on people on the move whilst doing my photography dissertation. It's a brilliant account told in the style of the great photgraphers that have gone before. It shows that tentative, global subjects like these can not be left aside. Very moving,(no pun intended) emphatic and powerful stuff. And of course, stunning images.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant photographs of the way in which the homeless live, 2 Dec 2004
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I brought this book to help during the final year of my art degree, the Photographs in it really make you think about what you throw away without thinking. How we have become a materialistic culture, when there are people out there struggling to survive and having to make a shelter out of the things that we consider waste. I would recommmend this book to anyone who is interested in photography, it is a great book really worthwhile.
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