From the essay by Jeffrey Henson Scales:
This book is not a survey nor is it structured with a narrative arc. It is more a collage of Shames’ life as a photographer, a mashup of his life’s work. Documentary photography by its very nature is constructed of people, places, and things the artist finds in their camera’s viewfinder. Like the many artists throughout the history of modern art who have created assemblages of found objects, this book similarly takes the images Shames has created over decades and remixes them here to present a nonlinear view of his own life in photography … The result is a visual journey that, like a billiards break shot, sends us scattering across the globe.
About Jeffrey Henson Scales:
Jeffrey Henson Scales is an independent photographer, whose photographs have been published and exhibited widely and are included in numerous permanent collections of many renowned museums. He is also an award-winning New York Times photography editor who has been co-editor of the annual “Year in Pictures” special section for over fifteen years. He also created and curated the award-winning New York Times photography column, “Exposures.”
