In 1980, as she began her Master's degree in photography in San Francisco and began to take a keen interest in documenting work, Janet Delaney worked for a week with her soon-to-retire father. The days were long and exhausting, but there is, in the incessant driving, carrying and chattering, a restless, pulsating energy that flows from Delaney's photographs. By imagining beauty salons from a critical distance (she did, after all, grow up at a time when restricted gender roles and capitalist consumer culture were being questioned), using frontal, wide and often violent shots, Janet Delaney has created a witty documentation of a day in the life of a salesperson. Despite the photo-novella's humor, Janet Delaney shows her father's work in a new light. All the difficulties, all the missed dinners and Saturday meetings became a testimony to his efforts to provide his children with what he himself had not received. History, finally, became a testimony to his love. Yes, you have to love it-because it's a true labor of love.
Signed
Deadbeat Club, 2025
112 pages
21 × 26 cm
ISBN: 9781952523311
In 1980, as she began her Master's degree in photography in San Francisco and began to take a keen interest in documenting work, Janet Delaney worked for a week with her soon-to-retire father. The days were long and exhausting, but there is, in the incessant driving, carrying and chattering, a restless, pulsating energy that flows from Delaney's photographs. By imagining beauty salons from a critical distance (she did, after all, grow up at a time when restricted gender roles and capitalist consumer culture were being questioned), using frontal, wide and often violent shots, Janet Delaney has created a witty documentation of a day in the life of a salesperson. Despite the photo-novella's humor, Janet Delaney shows her father's work in a new light. All the difficulties, all the missed dinners and Saturday meetings became a testimony to his efforts to provide his children with what he himself had not received. History, finally, became a testimony to his love. Yes, you have to love it-because it's a true labor of love.
Signed
Deadbeat Club, 2025
112 pages
21 × 26 cm
ISBN: 9781952523311
