# Luke Smalley: Exercise at Home - Hardcover

by **Luke Smalley** (Photographer)

**Idiosyncratic looks at the stereotype of the red-blooded American man**

In his second photobook, American photographer Luke Smalley revisits the themes from his 2002 monograph _Gymnasium_. After receiving a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and then working as both a model and personal trainer, Smalley became fascinated with the archetype of the athletic American male, and sought to explore its more playful side. His compositions were inspired by early 20th-century fitness manuals and high school yearbooks.  
In _Exercise at Home_, now reissued after being out of print since 2007, Smalley returns to his native Pennsylvania to consider the small-town interiors and landscapes that are the settings for his portraits of young athletes. Color photographs, inspired by a more innocent era, combine whimsy with the inexplicable. Smalley hires a local seamstress to construct a colossal medicine ball; he binds two boys together with a "harness" and leaves them in an empty room for a psychological game of tug-of-war, while somewhere nearby two others lead donkeys around the floor of a basketball court in a high school gym. Scale, time and content are altered to create the world Smalley inhabits. The lush colors of this new vision belie the viewer's sense of dislocation.  
**Luke Smalley** (1955-2009) had his first photobook discovered in a hotel lobby by Dior Men's fashion designer and artistic director Kim Jones. Smalley shot Jones' first fashion line and went on to have a storied career in fashion photography. His images have appeared in the _New York Times_ style section, _Dazed_ and _V_, among others.

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 12.3 x 8.3 IN

**Publication Date:** November 12, 2024

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- **Price:** 60.0 USD
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