homebutton1

WORKING IN THE USA

Photography and Text by Christine Hauber

Edited by D.M O'Keefe

 

Product Details

•

•

•

•

•

 

 

About

 

For three years photographer Christine Hauber traveled throughout the United States to explore work life at the turn of the 21st Century. The hundreds of images that resulted, as well as the subjects’ own words, reveal a surprising amount of worker pride, optimism and satisfaction. Recorded here are the faces and words of ordinary people, who in their diversity and uniqueness offer a cross-section of the richness of American life. Working in the USA, gives readers a glimpse of who and what Hauber discovered during her documentary labor of love.

 

The diversity on the pages of

Working in the USA unveils a fraction of the people and places that Hauber recorded, and yet, the variety here takes the reader on a fulfilling journey through America’s nearly limitless employment landscape.

 

As a whole, this collection is a testament to the wellness of the American Dream.

 

About

 

Inroads: The Journey behind Working in the USA

 

Comments

 

Christine Hauber's worker. Hauber's honest treatment of her subjects and her faith in the intrinsic power of the medium have produced a body of work that is often striking in its purity, in its steadfast celebration of things as they are.

This book reproduces two hundred and seventeen duotones of Christine Hauber's photographs capturing individuals across the country. It also includes an audio CD of each worker's thoughts and experiences in relation to their work and life.

 

About the Author

 

more consumed with it I became. Before I knew it, I was beyond dreaming and into action, moving toward reality. As a small business owner, I’d already made something from nothing and knew I was capable of doing it again. But my fear of the unknown threatened to stop me cold. Fortunately, my fear of failure was a stronger motivator. I could not imagine having to explain to those who know me that I gave up the goal because of minor or temporary setbacks. So I pushed ahead, finally reaching my embarkation point.

 

Prizewinning photographer Christine Hauber is a graduate of the Art Institute of Colorado and the University of Colorado. Her photographs have been shown in galleries nationally and showcased in B&W and Photo Technique magazines. She has also been the subject of several television programs, including the Fine Living Channel’s Radical Sabbatical and CNN’s NewsNight with Aaron Brown. She works primarily with black and white film, hand processing and hand printing each of her images. Her fine art images can be found at www.workingintheusa.com.