Joseph Szabo’s ‘American Teen’
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In the 1970s and 1980s, while working as a photography and art teacher in Long Island, Joseph Szabo made photographs of his students, struck by the energy of a generation discovering itself in an era of rebellion and counterculture. Szabo’s black-and-white images evoke a dreamworld of adolescence as observed by a trusted outsider. Published by Important Flowers 
Szabo portrays a phase of transition shaped by self-consciousness and self-expression, and gestures to the inner depths beyond the reach of his camera. First published in various volumes between the 1970s and the 2000s – including Almost Grown (1978) and Teenage (2003) – Szabo’s pictures influenced many photographers and filmmakers. In this definitive new book, he brings together renowned and unseen work to form an unforgettable portrait of a generation. With new texts by Sofia Coppola and Kim Gordon 
'American Photography's Best Kept Secret' TIME 'Timeless and universal' Vogue      MACK |
