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Weaving two and a half decades of work into an epic narrative, greenfield has created a revelatory cultural documentation of wealth for viewers to explore through a retrospective film, book and exhibition. The first major retrospective of greenfield s work, the exhibition features nearly 200 photographs, numerous firstperson interviews, and documentary film footage, forming a thematic investigation of how the pursuit of wealth, and its material trappings and elusive promises of. Lauren greenfield reveals americas obscene wealth, in. Generation wealth documentarian lauren greenfield on how. Generation wealth is an especially timely and pertinent body of work that serves as a visual timeline tracing the rise, and fall, and rise of the pursuit of wealth in america. Generation wealth was selected to be the opening night film at the 2018 sundance film festival in the documentary premiere program. Generation wealth by lauren greenfield international center. Jul 19, 2018 in generation wealth, the rich are still partying like its 2007 lauren greenfields documentary, based on a career of photographing the 1%, makes the case for a civilization in decline. D ocumentary photographer lauren greenfield was trying to form trusting relationships with. Greenfield graduated from harvard university in 1987 with a b.
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Generation wealth has admirable aims, but never manages to focus long enough to put together the type of cogent argument made by director lauren greenfield s earlier works. Lauren greenfield was born on june 28, 1966 in boston, massachusetts, usa. Generation wealth greenfield, lauren, schor, juliet, wilner stack, trudy on. Now, in her new book, generation wealth, greenfield is examining global societys understanding of. Greenfield, a superb photographer who began making film documentaries with 2006s thin, told the story. In a way, generation wealth reminded me of kirsten johnsons cameraperson, which was a collage of footage she shot as a cinematographer around the world. But while johnsons structure was elliptical, forcing the viewer to make thematic connections between, say, a hospital in darfur and a death row trial in texas, greenfield is. Greenfield, who also directed the queen of versailles, a 2012 documentary focused on the owners of the largest and most expensive home in america, has just published her photos in a new book, generation wealth. Consciously at timesand at other times unconsciouslyi have captured signs of a seismic shift in our culture. Greenfield, a superb photographer who began making film. Lauren greenfield discusses the 25year journey behind the making of her thoughtprovoking generation wealth project, culminating in her new annenberg space for photography exhibit and a documentary feature.
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