# Mitch Epstein: Property Rights - Hardcover

by **Mitch Epstein** (Photographer), **Susan Bell** (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), **Mitch Epstein** (Text by (Art/Photo Books))

**Who owns the land, by whose authority, and with what rights? Mitch Epstein examines the American government's ongoing legacy of property confiscation, and how communities gather to resist**

**A _New York Times Book Review_ 2021 holiday gift guide pick**

Epstein began his latest series in 2017 at Standing Rock, where thousands protested the installation of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Sioux land. Over four years, he charted other contested lands from Pennsylvania and Hawaii to the Mexican border, as well as land loss through wildfires and flooding due to egregious environmental negligence.

In keeping with Epstein's 50-year exploration of American life, _Property Rights_ questions the relationship between institutions, civil rights and the rights of nature itself. Acknowledging our bodies and lives as our most fundamental property, the book examines other forms of trespass and destruction in an elegy to the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre, and in photographs of Black Lives Matter protests during COVID-19. _Property Rights_ includes the voices of activists Epstein interviewed while making this deeply personal and political work. In a time of alarming division, the book describes diverse communities in a common fight against politicians and plutocrats willing to sacrifice the people's well-being.

A pioneer of 1970s art photography, **Mitch Epstein** (born 1952) has photographed the landscape and psyche of America for half a century. Numerous collections hold his work, including the Museum of Modern Art and Tate Modern; in 2013, the Walker Art Center commissioned a theatrical rendition of his _American Power_ series. Epstein has described the cultural and physical evolution of the United States from 1973 to 2019 in his Steidl books _Family Business_ (2003), _Recreation_ (2005), _American Power_ (2011), _New York Arbor_ (2013), _Rocks and Clouds_ (2017) and _Sunshine Hotel_ (2019).

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 12.6 x 11.4 IN

**Publication Date:** September 28, 2021

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