Jerry Hsu, How About Never

How About Never

Jerry Hsu

Publisher
Mack
Year
2026
ISBN
9781917651684
Specifications
Hardcover
20.5 × 27.5 cm
176 pages
Colour photographs
English

Collecting photographs taken by Jerry Hsu in Los Angeles since 2011, How About Never focuses on the almost sentient nature of the city. Hsu's shots sensitively capture the contradictions of the place, weaving references to hope and desperation, beauty and pain in an evocative and disturbing sequence. Images of torn fences and physical injuries alternate with spontaneous compositions: an abandoned toilet, a blood-stained mattress, crashed cars, a bank engulfed in threatening flames. The portraits seek intimacy with the subjects against the backdrop of the degradation and cruelty of the urban environment. These heterogeneous and dissonant elements achieve a fascinating harmony, collectively looking at destruction as a possible source of change and rebirth.

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