and lastly, we will hold questions til the end of matthew s presentation. and when you ask a question, wait for them to bring a mic to you, because if you just shoutth it out, they can t really hear you. i ll tell you just a bit about the photo review since this is the commercial before the main event. the photo review is a nonprofit journal of photography founded in 1976 which means this is our 40th anniversary. we publish a newsletter which lists photography exhibitions throughout the mid-atlanticst region, philadelphia, new york, washington, delaware, maryland, virginia and news about photography from around the world. and we also have a journal that has exhibition reviews, book reviews, essays and publishes the winners of our annual competition. . there s an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child. we won t go into the psychology about it. but he started documenting them in a while researching the decline of the state hospital system. media and his website a band
i will tell you a bit since this is a commercial before the main events. event. the review is a nonprofit journal of photography founded in 1976, which means this is her 40th anniversary. the published newsletter that lists the photography exhibitions through the atlantic region in new york, washington, delaware, virginia, and news about photography and the journal that has exhibition reviews and book reviews and essays and publishes the end of the competition. there s an interest in abandoned sites since he was a child. we won t go into the psychology about it. but he started documenting them in a decade ago while researching the decline of the state hospital system. after matthew received his degree from the university, the work shown across the country lectured on the mental health history for numerous institutions and profiled in the various publications in various media and his website a band in america has gained international attention in the images of abandoned spaces
this is about an hour and ten minutes. all right. sounds like the mic is on. thank you so much for coming out tonight folks on behalf of hidden city philadelphia. i would like to welcome you to this event the celebration his new book abandon america, the age of consequences. i would like to.out that this event is actually being recorded. everything that happens tonight will eventually appear on teesixteen. book tv. but we need you to do is turn off your cell phones. it s like going to the ritz. and to remember that we are going to have a q&a session after the event. after after matt is done speaking. and also when you have a question we we will be around with a microphone for you. don t be don t be that kid calling out in class. you know, i have known that for a while now. the 1st time that i really i really understood kind of you know, just how good he was at what he does is when we made plans to go see the willow steam plan which is this really monstrous brick and rusty s
inalternativement camp. booktv, 48 hours of books and authors. television for serious readers. next on booktv from the gershman y in philadelphia matthew christopher presents photos from his book, abandoned america. mr. christopher spent ten years documenting ruined institutions throughout the country from schools and churches to factories and military installations. this is about an hour and ten minutes. [inaudible conversations] all right. sounds like the mic s on. thank you so much for coming out tonight, folks, on behalf of hidden city philadelphia. i d like to welcome you to this event, this celebration of matt christopher s new book abandoned america: the age of consequences. before i forget, i d like to point out that this event is actually being recorded by c-span. everything that happens tonight will eventually appear on booktv. now, what they need you to do is turn off your cell phones. it s like going to the ritz. [laughter] and to remember that we re going
i d like to thank my aunt and although who also helped quite a bit in setting this up. my publisher and the preservation alliance for their donation and olivia who has been wonderful and there s been my support throughout all the. i m sure there s a lot of other people i want to thank all of you as well but i know you d like to see the presentations i don t want to take up the whole time so thank you. but again i m grateful you all came out tonight. it means a lot to me. so basically in terms of how i ve done presentations for those of you who ve seen in the past, i enjoy doing things that off-the-cuff and talking about the places that i ve been too. what i would like to do is just show you a little bit of what some of places are not in the book and tell you a little bit about them as we go. so the first place i wanted to show you is the packard plant which is in detroit. it s probably one of the most famous and also the largest abandoned site in north america. its