Beautiful, Still. Rare Books Emulating the language of the

Emulating the language of the American photographer

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A school looks like a prison

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Beautiful, Still. Rare Books Emulating the language of theBeautiful, Still. is the first monograph from photographer Colby Deal, documenting the people, objects, and environments of everyday life in the Third Ward neighbourhood in Houston, Texas, where the artist grew up. In this ongoing project, currently consisting of over a thousand negatives, Deal sets out to provide a visual record of overlooked communities and the cultural characteristics gradually being erased by gentrification, as well as a depiction