Publisher/Aldrich Museum

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"1999 / In and Around Home" is a collection of works by American photographer Catherine Opie (1961-). Known as one of the leading figures in American contemporary art since the late 1980s, Opie is highly acclaimed for her works such as "Being and Having" and "Portraits," which documented the queer community and subculture of Los Angeles. She has consistently explored themes of "community," "belonging," and "Americanness" while traversing portrait, documentary, and conceptual photography. This book is an important work that captures a turning point in her career, where her perspective expanded from her early works to broader American society and landscapes. By juxtaposing "1999," which documents a cross-country trip across America just before the millennium, and "In and Around Home," which observes daily life and homes in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Opie quietly brings to life the atmosphere of late 1990s America, moving back and forth between public and private spaces, road movie-like travel and domestic intimacy. While containing a sharp political undertone, the book is striking for its gaze that leaves room for interpretation rather than making definitive statements.