Interior America by Hare, Chauncey - 1978

New York: Aperture, 1978. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New linen-bound hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of fading to the spine, tiny spots of soiling in places, one small closed tear, and a touch of rubbing at the folds. A very nice copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs and introduction by Chauncey Hare. 174 pages; 76 full-page b&w plates; 11.25 x 9.25 inches. LAID IN is a 2-page review of the book by Vicki Goldberg, from American Photo. A photo-essay on the insides of the homes of Americans, examining the rooms they inhabit and the objects they choose to live with. Hare, a one-time corporate engineer who took up the camera as a release from the tedium of his work and then gave up the engineering, was looking to "convey images of an America he believes is scarred by alienation." The photographer's first book. See: Parr & Badger, Photobook Vol. 2, p23; Roth, Open Book, p316-17.