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Edited by Robert Harshorn Shimshak, FotoFolio, 2008

When I meet someone for the first time, my initial question is “What do you do for a living?” It’s an acceptable way of asking “Who are you?” The answer allows me to make certain assumptions not only about that person’s life-style but also about their background, their education, their opinions, their dreams and aspirations.

Revised edition of groundbreaking book originally published in the seventies as part of the influential Suburbia series by Bill Owens. Photographs of people working, with humorous, heartbreaking and insightful quotes about the experience of working.
Introduction by Lewis Lapham.
This edition contains 99 duotone plates and 17 color plates.