Outskirts

by Todd Hido

From the "This stunning new book by Todd Hido is a perfect companion volume to his first title, House Hunting, which was named "Best First Monograph of 2001" by Photo-Eye and is now a Limited Quantity title. Hido's large-format color photographs of suburbia convey an aura of loneliness, mystery and isolation while managing, at the same time, to exude comfort and even warmth. His portraits of tract homes are imbued with an eerie softness, their exteriors glowing invitingly - or is it ominously? - in the cool night air. An essay by the eminent writer Luc Sante, entitled "Stranger," brilliantly echoes Hido's work and is a fine introduction to the book. Todd Hido was the recipient of the 2001 Eureka Fellowship. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the New Orleans Museum of Art, as well as in other public and private collections." From Mary Hull Webster, "Photography is arguably the most accomplished art form of the moment, and one of its most intelligent practitioners is Todd Hido."

Genres: Photography, Art

56 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Todd Hido is a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist whose work has been featured in Artforum, The New York Times Magazine, Eyemazing, Wired, Elephant, FOAM, and Vanity Fair. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the Getty, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the de Young, the Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Pier 24 Photography, as well as in many other public and private collections. He has over a dozen published books; his most recent monograph titled Excerpts from Silver Meadows was released in 2013, along with an innovative b-sides box set designed to function as a companion piece to his award-winning monograph in 2014.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uneven, but, after a single viewing (leafing through the book at Powell's 20 years ago?), some of the images from this monograph have been seared into my imagination as much as any dream. Immensely pleased to see this back in print!

[Trevor · Rating 5 out of 5]

1 of 2 of my favorite photographers of all time, the other one being henri prestes who also was inspired by this man.