For the past year and a half, I’ve been quietly working on my new photo book, “Sink
For the past year and a half, I’ve been quietly working on my new photo book, “Sinking Ship”, which is available starting today! The book is comprised entirely of unreleased work, and I am extremely excited to finally be able to show it off!The images in this book were photographed in abandoned towns in the American grasslands. Over the past six years, I have grown an attachment to a particular ghost town in the midwest, and have visited every other year. I wanted to investigate the towns past, so I began to reach out to people living alone in similar towns, and asked them about their towns history; why every one left, and what life is like there now.I then began visiting these ghost towns, and living there briefly, alone. I’d wear the clothes left in the closets, and temporarily resume the lives they left behind. I’d build sets using the items found on scene, and take self portraits, using myself as a vessel to portray the past residents through their belongings. The book does go much deeper, but it is hard to explain everything so succinctly. I’m extremely proud of this book, and it is definitely the most cohesive body of work I have ever produced. The book is 8.5 x 12 inches, 120 pages, and is selling for $39. You can find a few more images and purchase it here:https://shop.kylethompsonphotography.com/products/sinking-ship -- source link