Lori Nix: The City Hardcover – August 31, 2013

Lori Nix makes dioramas, but they are dioramas the way the giant redwoods are trees. This book is a collection of photos of her series "The City." Each one tells a woeful story of destruction, of people disappeared. A library with ceilings caving in, mold on the walls, plywood desks buckling and tearing, and books on the shelf neatly waiting for somebody who will never come to borrow them. The great hall of a natural history museum with skeletons of dinosaurs surrounded by columns and no roof with what looks like a pterodactyl in the sky. The detail is mesmerizing: A subway car rusting and filled with sand boasts the remains of an ad that once said "Take a Break from Life!" A botanic garden has been overtaken by exotic plants that are reaching through the broken glass. This is a book that you can spend hours with, looking at the details and spinning stories of the calamity that must have occurred.

overall dazzeling, occasional items are just out of size.

Beautiful work, good quality printing.

Wonderful book

Wonderful book!

This is a really neat process, I saw it on an episode on how it's made and I fell in love. I can't wait for this book to arrive and have it sit on my coffee table. Cool stuff, as it is a nice mix of mediums (sculpting/building and photography).