Fragile Dwelling
Contributors: Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction); Margaret Morton (Photographer)
Publisher: Aperture
Published: October 20, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780893819156
Subjects: Photographs: collections; Homeless Persons; Photography; Photo Essays; Individual Photographer; Photoessays & Documentaries; Sociology - Urban; Photography / Individual Photographer; Poverty; Case studies; Documentary photography; Homelessness; New York; New York (State); Pictorial works
Description: "Over a ten-year period, Margaret Morton documented the inventive ways in which homeless people in New York City have created not only places to live but communities offering a sense of pride, place, and individuality. Fragile Dwelling depicts a world immediately recognizable to anyone who has lived in, or even visited, a major American city. Yet these photographs tell a story far more profound than most of us, streaming past on our way from home to office, would ever imagine.

Together with compelling oral histories recorded by the photographer, they demand that we confront not only the bleak consequences of economic inequality in America, but also the diverse and wonderful humanity of those who, in the midst of a booming housing market for developers, strive to create shelters for themselves from the most meager resources."--BOOK JACKET.