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Overview"Acclaimed photographer Wing Young Huie explores the complex cultural and socio-economic diversity of the St Paul neighbourhoods along University Avenue. This urban corridor connects a burgeoning condominium community, mom and pop stores, big-box retailers, schools, and family homes. At one public school alone, students have emigrated from sixty-six countries. These colliding cultures reflect the gamut of the evolving American experience, from old world to developing world to modern world. The book, which springs from the public exhibition of the same name -- a six-mile-long gallery running from May through November 2010 with 500 pictures exhibited on store windows and buildings and projected at night onto a large outdoor screen -- explores the power of photography to destroy stereotypes and reveal cultural richness among the peoples of a city. The book and the exhibit, presented by Public Art Saint Paul, with major support from the Joyce Foundation, document the everyday lives of citizens connected by this singular street. In addition, Huie engages the subjects of his photographs with these questions: What are you? What advice would you give a stranger? How do you think others see you? What don't others see? How has race affected you? ""The University Avenue Project"" not only collects Wing Young Huie's stunning photography but also provides the stories behind the photos in the residents' own words and a behind-the-scenes look at the complexities of staging this nationally significant exhibit. Volume 2 will document the reactions to and interactions with the exhibit." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wing Young HuiePublisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. Imprint: Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 28.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.398kg ISBN: 9780873517942ISBN 10: 0873517946 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 01 August 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationWing Young Huie has photographed the dizzying mixture of socio-economic and cultural realities of the changing American city. His best-known work, Lake Street USA, transformed six miles of a Minneapolis thoroughfare into an epic photo gallery. The University Avenue Project will be installed in St Paul in May 2010 and will run throughout November 2010. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |