Stephen Shore Steel Town

• 拍攝緣起：作品源於 1977 年《財星》雜誌（Fortune Magazine）的一項專題委託案（原名 "Hard Times Come to Steeltown"）。當時鋼鐵工廠因未能轉型而紛紛倒閉，掀起大規模失業潮。
• 記錄地點：Shore 帶著 4x5 大型相機，走遍了紐約州、賓夕法尼亞州以及俄亥俄州東部等工業經濟急遽下滑的地區。
• 影像主題：他避開了宏大的政治口號，將鏡頭對準鋼鐵工人脆弱的日常生活。書中收錄了荒廢的工廠、寂寥的酒吧、逐漸沒落的街道，以及工人家庭精心裝飾卻顯得無奈的住宅內部。
• 政治與社會隱喻：照片中神情緊繃的工人與工會領袖，在拍攝前一年（1976年）多數投票給民主黨的吉米·卡特，卻迅速對其政策感到失望，這群人隨後演變成政治史上著名的「雷根民主黨人（Reagan Democrats）」，使這本攝影集在 40 多年後更顯政治預言與歷史考證價值。 [1, 2, 3, 4]

• 出版社：由 MACK 官方網站 負責梳理 Shore 的個人檔案並設計出版。
• 出版年份：2021 年 3 月。
• 視覺設計：封面採用極具質感的鋼鐵紋理布面（Steel-textured color cover），上方嵌有一幅方形作品相片，與書名呼應。書末亦附有按時間順序排列的縮圖索引。
• 文獻收錄：內含知名作家 Helen Epstein 的導言專文，深入探討當時藍領階級的困境與美國政治版圖的挪移。
• 規格頁數：精裝本（Hardback），約 128 頁。
• 國際書碼 (ISBN)：978-1913620066 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Steel Town, published by the British independent publisher MACK in 2021, is the new American color photography master Stephen Shore, who records the decline of American industrial towns and the "Rust Belt" A heavyweight photo collection at a turning point in history.

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Core background and content

Origin of filming: The work originated from a special commission of Fortune Magazine in 1977 (formerly known as "Hard Times Come to Steeltown"). At that time, steel factories failed to transform and closed down one after another, setting off a large-scale unemployment wave.

Record location: Shore took a 4x5 large camera and traveled all over New York State, Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and other areas with a sharp decline in industrial economy.

Video theme: He avoided grand political slogans and aimed the camera at the fragile daily life of steel workers. The book includes abandoned factories, lonely bars, gradually declining streets, and the carefully decorated but helpless interiors of workers' families.

Political and social metaphors: Workers and trade union leaders with a tense look in the photo, Jimmy Carter, who voted for the Democratic Party a majority the year before the shooting (1976), was quickly disappointed with his policy. This group of people then evolved into the famous "Reagan Democr" in political history. Ats"), which makes this photo collection more valuable for political prediction and historical verification after more than 40 years.

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Specification and design of books

Publisher: The official website of MACK is responsible for sorting out Shore's personal files and designing and publishing.

Year of publication: March 2021.

Visual design: The cover is made of steel-textured color cover, and a square photo of the work is embedded above, echoing the title of the book. There is also a chronological thumbnail index at the end of the book.

Literature collection: It contains the introduction of the famous writer Helen Epstein, which deeply explores the dilemma of the blue-collar class at that time and the shift of the political map of the United States.

Specification number of pages: Hardback, about 128 pages.

International Book Code (ISBN): 978-1913620066