Monument Avenue
If Richmond VA represents the historic heart of the Confederacy, then Monument Avenue was meant to memorialize its soul. Almost from the moment they were erected, however, the monuments to Confederate heroes sparked controversy. In the summer of 2020, following the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protesters converged on the avenue to vent their fury. On July 10th, Jefferson Davis’s statue was dragged from its pedestal. Two days later, Brian Rose packed up his cameras in New York and drove back to his home state to document the last days of the grand boulevard of the Lost Cause. En route, he reflected on his own history and the roles played by his forebears in the Antebellum South. This new edition of a classic book captures a pivotal moment in modern American history.
Brian Rose studied at Cooper Union with photographers Joel Meyerowitz and Larry Fink. He has published numerous books that explore urban themes, including The Lost Border, The Landscape of the Iron Curtain (2004) and Atlantic City (2019). His photographs are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His most recent book, Last Stop, will be published by Circa in Autumn 2025.
- Author
- Brian Rose
- Designers
- April (cover), Jean-Michel Dentand
Hardcover
26 × 30cm
10 ¼ × 11 ¾ in
120pp
60 colour and b&w photographs
£40
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$45
ISBN 978-1-911422-56-3
Press
- Brian Rose – Monument Avenue
PhotoBook Journal, 16 September 2021 - ‘The Past Is Never Dead; It’s Not Even Past’
Architects and Artisans, 18 July 2021 - An End to the Grand Boulevard of the Lost Cause
Architects and Artisans, 15 July 2021