Forthcoming from @radius.books 'Julie Blackmon: Midwest Materials' is reviewed @guardian !!⁠ ⁠ Tim Adams writes: "When she was in her 30s, @julie_blackmon moved into an old house in Springfield, Missouri, which had a darkroom in its basement. She began taking photographs seriously – but never quite in earnest – choreographing the lives and objects around her. Her pictures are full of painterly references; one model was 17th-century Dutch scenes of domestic life, those curious curated freeze frames that prefigured Instagram. Another was storytelling, as Blackmon’s husband wrote fiction – and if he could 'borrow details and ideas from real life, and then exaggerate or stylize them for the sake of the story,' why couldn’t she?⁠ ⁠ In the 20 years since, Blackmon has created a body of work that looks carefully, with a raised eyebrow, at the way suburban America lives now. The best of the images in her new book, 'Midwest Materials,' seem to be cast somewhere between old master geometries and Charlie Brown. She has often focused on children – now that her own three are grown up, those of family and neighbors – making curious playgrounds out of adult worlds...."⁠ ⁠ Read the full review via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ #julieblackmon #julieblackmonmidwestmaterials #midwestmaterials #photobook #midwestphotography #midwest