{"product_id":"9781941753774","title":"Matthew Lopez-Jensen: The Work and the Water : Labor and Landscapes along the Erie Canal by Kim Beil","description":"For the Erie Canal's 200th anniversary, L?pez-Jensen's series centers the unseen labor that keeps the waterway operationalThe debut photobook The Work and the Water: Labor and Landscapes along the Erie Canal by Matthew L?pez-Jensen (born 1980) is a work of environmental social practice centering the unseen labor required to keep the Erie Canal, a 524-mile inland waterway in upstate New York, operational. Over 40 photographs are accompanied by commentary from the more than 400 employees who work on the canal year-round, often out of view and in hazardous conditions. As the first artist-in-residence with the canal in its 200-year history, L?pez-Jensen visited every lock in the system from Buffalo to Albany, from Whitehall to Seneca Falls. The archive of images he created helps communicate the potentials of the canal as a site for environmental restoration while also conveying the scale of this colossal piece of infrastructure that transformed the region in ways that are still felt today.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369414472053,"sku":"9781941753774","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781941753774.jpg?v=1763553223","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781941753774","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}