{"product_id":"9788862085441","title":"Elizabeth Heyert: The Outsider","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnown for her unconventional approach to portrait photography, most notably her classic trilogy \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Travelers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Narcissists\u003c\/i\u003e, American photographer Elizabeth Heyert again assumes her role as observer and voyeur in her latest book, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, photographed during four trips to China.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFascinated by the rituals of Chinese amateur photographers, who seem to shoot incessantly, and with an intimacy with their environment that borders on stagecraft, Heyert embarked on a project to photograph the Chinese taking photographs of each other. Few Chinese possess family photographs from the past, as so much was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, which may explain the intensity of the photography she witnessed. She titled the project \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e because, as a Westerner in the East, and a stranger in a foreign culture, she allowed herself to be a spectator to the photographer\/subject relationship. These are portraits of the Chinese, by the Chinese, observed by Heyert, an eyewitness to the birth of a new collective visual memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damiani Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053005357296,"sku":"9788862085441","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9788862085441_p0.jpg?v=1769890547","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788862085441","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}