''Suburbia'' is a book by Bill Owens (photographer), Bill Owens, a photojournalism monograph on suburbia, published in 1973 by Straight Arrow Press, the former book publishing imprint of Rolling Stone. A revised edition was published in 1999, by Fotofolio ().
Response
The ''Los Angeles Times'' commented that the book
*"...rouses pity, contempt, laughter and self-recognition. Owens’ influence was immense during the 1970s especially in respect to the kind of portraiture that shows the middle class."
In 2001, ''Suburbia'' was included in Andrew Roth (publisher), Andrew Roth’s ''The Book Of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century.''
References
*"The American Dream, Circa 1970: Suburbia Photographs Capture How Much We've Changed", Frank Ahrens, ''Washington Post'', March 24, 2000
External links
''Suburbia'' online gallery at the California Museum of Photography website''Suburbia'' online gallery at the Brigham Young University website''Suburbia'' at Life Magazine website
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1973 non-fiction books
Photographic collections and books
Works about suburbs
Straight Arrow Press books
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