''Suburbia'' is a book by Bill Owens, a

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monograph on

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, published in 1973 by

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, the former book publishing imprint of

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. A revised edition was published in 1999, by Fotofolio ().

Response

The ''

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'' commented that the book *"...rouses pity, contempt, laughter and self-recognition. Owens’ influence was immense during the 1970s especially in respect to the kind of portraiture that shows the middle class." In 2001, ''Suburbia'' was included in

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’s ''The Book Of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century.''

References

*"The American Dream, Circa 1970: Suburbia Photographs Capture How Much We've Changed", Frank Ahrens, ''Washington Post'', March 24, 2000

External links

''Suburbia'' online gallery at the California Museum of Photography website''Suburbia'' online gallery at the Brigham Young University website''Suburbia'' at Life Magazine website
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