Thrift Store: the past & future secret lives of things

Creator

Emily Larned
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Creation Date

2006

Keywords

Thrift stores, Relativity of value, Material culture, Fads, Used things, artists' books

Description

case bound in hard cover; cover; interior spreads. The relative value of things is brought to mind when looking at objects in thrift stores. Discarded or recycled "treasures" reflect the life of their former owners. Interesting juxtapositions create found visual narratives.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1197635~S4

Press

Brooklyn, NY:Ig Publishing

Rights

©Emily Larned, Brooklyn, NY:Ig Publishing

Materials / Techniques

offset; photography; board; paper; thread

Measurements

12 x 17 cm