Pyramids

Pyramids is one of our all-time favorite books by one of our favorite polaroid photographers Mike Slack. The book is both a beautiful collection of images *and* a beautiful object itself. Pyramids records everyday details of what could be a recent past or a very near future—a dust storm in the desert, simple geometry, stairways and windows, schoolchildren on a field trip—quietly dramatic scenes energized by a sense of anticipation rather than nostalgia. Presented as physical artifacts of fictitious events to be deciphered by the viewer, the pictures also document the travels, observations and graphic fixations of the photographer, centering on a set of three identical early-70’s office buildings (in Slack’s hometown of Indianapolis), from which the book takes its title.

“The devil’s favorite word is tomorrow.”
– Anonymous

Author: Mike Slack
80 pages / 7 x 8 inches / Hardcover