{"product_id":"mark-peterson-mark-peterson-9783969992388","title":"Mark Peterson: The Past Is Never Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDramatic images of an ever-more chaotic and divided America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past 10 years, New York-based photographer Mark Peterson (born 1955) has focused his lens on America's divided political landscape. \u003ci\u003eThe Past Is Never Dead\u003c\/i\u003e takes up Peterson's ongoing documentation where his award-winning book \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e, depicting the troubled lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, left off. He captures a time in which the left and right move further apart, misinformation and untruths abound in the media, and politicians have no qualms in breaking the fourth wall to recruit audiences to their causes. Peterson portrays a country on edge, through subjects such as \"Stop the Steal\" protesters and the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol. With his trademark flash and high-contrast approach, Peterson's dramatic black-and-white images are like X-rays of America's complex political culture: \"Democracy is a messy form of government,\" he declares, \"and I try and capture it in all its chaos.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3969992389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783969992388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mark Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46451140559103,"sku":"9783969992388","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3343be8e-95b7-484d-be2d-1c33ccf462d1.jpg?v=1735876575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mark-peterson-mark-peterson-9783969992388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}