First edition of We Shall by Paul D'amato(2013).

It is published on the occasion of the exhibition We Shall: Photographs by Paul D'amato at the DePaul Art Museum , Chicago September 12-November 24, 2013

First impression

Medium format hardcover in as new condition

Pages clean, binding firm

102 pages

About

We Shall is a candid and collaborative survey of the inhabitants and domiciles of Chicago’s West Side neighborhoods – comprised of intimate street portraits, selective interior scenes and photographs depicting the minutia of everyday life.

The people D’Amato photographs in these classically composed portraits appear poised and sometimes strained, yet D’Amato captures a quiet beauty and sense of immediacy within each moment.  There is an underlying psychological tension which radiates throughout the images of abandoned rooms and discarded possessions glowing in the late afternoon sunlight which is at times breathtaking and also jarring. We Shall is a continuation of several bodies of work D’Amato’s has made regarding the notions of community over the past twenty years: his project and book, Barrio: Photographs from Chicago’s Pilsen and Little Village and series’ Men’s Club preceded this.