# The Island Position

- **Brand:** MACK
- **Price:** $40.00
- **Catalog:** mackbooks
- **Retailer:** mackbooks
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqz1YZlqDcxnNxFwcrdu4Sb7UeZH9HDrt_Km3HkR9ViWyJtMpL03FOfwLtsRmQbRliMs758LsVllYxKnjMIkMrFbACy_HPqu_FsXzhXw7zjScENmOpIhf_ZNBTi6W7DV89_qfvj7WA3y8RqRmfmZ6wLv3_o21FZSm8g1ZOokaB-lp0xo_joMRfS6tOcVi-srhS0SO_3Mt5zqKvVQevtU3r21JXnzYavWDfYuFe5IwC6CnHOISTlkZu-Sv9Smkuy7GDinJxeXAxEiYod8V6MSLZmeuFeJcsU_meituZlJVvR3KjVRNhJeTJBktT-pc0AFxcfDS00EVP1X_OQJ7zxu4dXt4GKZ26lxGu4VqiluCuXdmjFxQEj9lW7zOb4xiNVU0QKFXhS89EFH2tEPbcTgITzRCSmPAyfzl2e5wxJBiGHTf0Sgyc0bdB18-aT6_m_a1MUGmi
- **GTIN:** 978-1-912339-32-7
- **Availability:** Out of stock

## Summary

A Swiss bound paperback photography book titled 'The Island Position' by John Lehr, featuring a cover image of a commercial storefront window with signage.

## Description

The “Island Position” is an advertising term that describes the premium position of an advertisement surrounded solely by editorial content. In The Island Position, John Lehr explores the facades of American commercial spaces that are threatened by the emergence of e-commerce. In a rush to remain relevant, storeowners emblazon their windows and walls with anything that will grab attention: tessellations of quick-fading ads, floor-to-ceiling decals of fanned money or flowing hair, haphazard product displays, and desperate, hand-scrawled invitations. They repaint, renovate, rebrand, and rearrange, gestures which point to the desires and anxieties of people who are being left behind as our thumbs lead us into the new economy. The work presents a turning point in our cultural landscape: the transition from a physical culture to a virtual one. Masquerading as a typology of storefronts, the surfaces in The Island Position embody something unseen: the people who constructed them. The signage is not simply an appeal to consumption, but a typography of emotion: vulnerability, ingenuity, distress, and hope—the language of capitalism as a form of public address. Lehr is not interested in what is for sale. He is interested in what is at stake.   Includes a short story by George Saunders

## Appearance

- **Fit:** Unsigned

## Variants

- **In stock:** 0 of 2

| SKU | Availability |
| --- | --- |
| 9781912339327 | Out of stock |
| 9781912339327S | Out of stock |

## Categories

- **Categories:** Photography Books

## Additional Attributes

- **ISBN:** 978-1-912339-32-7
- **tags:** 2019, American artist, American photographer, color, colour, John Lehr, transfer
- **pages:** 112 pages
- **author:** John Lehr
- **format:** Swiss bound paperback with flaps
- **vendor:** MACK
- **binding:** Swiss bound paperback with flaps
- **publisher:** MACK
- **dimensions:** 22 x 29 cm
- **page count:** 112 pages
- **product type:** Photography Books
- **listed prices:** €35 £30 US$40 AU$79
- **shopify handle:** the-island-position-br-john-lehr
- **publication date:** March 2019
- **dimensions and pages:** 112 pages

## Enrichment

- **Type:** photography book
- **Type Synonyms:** art book, photo book
- **Tags:** paperback, swiss bound, flaps
- **Styles:** contemporary
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Book cover type:** Paperback
- **Genre:** Arts, Design, Documentary, Society & culture
- **Language version:** ENG- English
- **Target audience:** Adults
- **Canonical Brand:** MACK

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