PhotoBook Journal: The Meaning of Gravity

The Meaning of Gravity is the first endeavor by Luhz Press, an independent art book publisher based in Los Angeles. Helmed by Zoe Lemelson, it is also the first monograph of the late Ken Graves’ mixed-media collage. Graves (1942-2016) is a 2000 Guggenheim Fellow well known for his street photography and books from the 1960s -1970s.

Ahead of his time, Graves’ photo collages were an anomaly, not fitting into traditional categories of photography or prints, unlike his earlier work exhibited in museums and galleries. These lesser-known works reveal “an artist who documented and reimagined the politically charged climate of late twentieth-century America in San Francisco,” where he lived. The Meaning of Gravity is a collection of disquieting poetic works and an improvisational visual language that deems revisiting again and again.

Read the full review at photobookbookjournal.com.