{"product_id":"9781846149443","title":"Smoke and Mirrors : Cars, Photography and Dreams of the Open Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Press, Hoxton Mini, Hay-Nicholls, Adam, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/10\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Particular Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Photographs: collections, Motor cars: general interest\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781846149443\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn groundbreaking book of car photography, revealing the car's unique role in our culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCar photography often evokes the same recycled tropes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePredictably slick, hi-spec images on the front pages of glossy magazines, or huge blow-ups on giant billboards which have one designed aim: to sell a lifestyle. But our relationship with cars is so much more meaningful than these images might suggest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike the camera, the car has changed the way we explore the world. With cars came road trips, and with road trips came some of the most important photographic documentaries of our time. A car is a vehicle not just for transport but for our hopes, desires and dreams.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Smoke and Mirrors, a selection of world-renowned and up-and-coming photographers come together to pay tribute to the car. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Nick Turpin's images of 'donut' skid marks, Todd Hido's painterly landscapes taken through wet windscreens and William Green's shots of sleeping Tokyo taxi drivers, these photographs display cars at their most playful, introspective and meaningful, reminding us that there is more to them than just metal and machinery - for cars are emotionally intertwined with the lives we live.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36457583050905,"sku":"9781846149443","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781846149443.jpg?v=1601401622","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781846149443","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}