Download A Period of Juvenile Prosperity Mike Brodie Jack Woody 9781936611027 Books

Product details Hardcover 104 pages Publisher Twin Palms Publishers; Fourth edition (March 1, 2013) Language English ISBN-10 1936611023

A Period of Juvenile Prosperity Mike Brodie Jack Woody 9781936611027 Books Reviews

• Very interesting book. Must say I ordered it on a whim and am not disappointed. Wish it was a little longer, but the photos are all great. Very youthful, but with a certain oldness to them. It's almost like looking at a book from the heyday of railroad jumping (like the 40s or 50s). Overall the book is beautifully produced and the photos are wonderful. You can tell the photographer is self taught and not afraid of trying different styles out.
  
  Laid out one photo per page, with one blank (white) facing page so you are able to really focus each photo as a singular piece of art.
• Mike Brodie's discovery and overnight success in the art world reminds me of how Vivian Maier shot to fame. Unlike her, however, Mike Brodie is still very much alive. This book is a revelation, albeit a rather brief one. The images are raw and immediate, with a deep compassion for their subjects and a natural feel for composition. The fact that Brodie had no formal training in photography makes them all the more remarkable. I just wish there were many more that could have been included in this thin volume. It's also a great pity that Mr. Brodie has hung up his camera with no plans to continue photographing. But I'm grateful that we have these, at least. And who knows? He's still young. Someday he might return to the craft. In any event, this book belongs on the shelf of anyone who loves the art of photography.
• The photographs are stunning, but for the price it would have been nice to have some context for the project. How did the photographer start this train jumping trip? How did he come to befriend this group? What did they think about someone photographing them? What did the photographer learn about these kids, about himself, along the way? Some sort of text in the book would have been great.
• These photos of the traveler kids have an amazing, casual, relaxed intimacy to them because Mike was one of them, a traveler kid himself, who later stumbled into taking photos. (As a photographer myself, I like seeing what he's captured, and I'd love to see the outtakes.)
  
  My 23 year old daughter has been a traveler kid for 5 years, riding freight trains, hitchhiking, walking, driving, taking buses, getting escorted out of towns. She's been to every one of the lower 48 states. She doesn't know Mike Brodie, but the life he lived and shot is just what she is doing. So, these shots are very poignant for me. If you like seeing people enjoying a different kind of freedom than most of us are brave enough to go after, you'll like this book. It's a fresh perspective and a perfect example of the idiom freedom ain't free.
• Documentary photography can't never get out of the ethical issues, but this is a very rare exception. The beauty about this book is that the photographer captured the magical moments without any hypocrisy, hipsterism, snobbism nor cynicism. This book is simple, real and intimate. Juvenile, fearless and idealistic life is here. Full of truly eternal moments which are almost unreal. I had a feeling that I was sucked into a fairy tale instead of looking at a reflection of the real world.
  
  A masterpiece.
• I believe this is one of those books that gathers steam and importance over time. An important document pieced together with a true artistic eye. I expect there will be more to come from this talented photographer/documentarian.
• Beautiful book. Raw and grimy and beautiful.
• excellent