{"product_id":"prom-9781606061084","title":"Prom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe high school prom is an American tradition  a rite of passage  and one of the most important rituals of youth in this country. The internationally recognized documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark took on the extraordinary challenge of working with the Polaroid 20x24 Land camera to produce this fascinating look at dozens of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds on this memorable night in their lives. Traveling across the United States to complete the project from 2006 to 2009  Mark photographed prom-goers at thirteen schools from New York City to Charlottesville  Virginia  to Houston to Los Angeles. Marks husband  the filmmaker Martin Bell  collaborated with her on the project to produce and direct a film  also called Prom  featuring interviews with the students about their lives  dreams  and hopes for the future. A DVD of the film is packaged with the book.  The 127 large-format photographs are reproduced in rich detail  and quotations from the student interviews punctuate the book. Some of the students statements are comical  while others are deeply touching. The result is a captivating and revealing document of American youth at the beginning of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665849704501,"sku":"ByrdShop_1606061089","price":77.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781606061084.jpg?v=1782410218","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/prom-9781606061084","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}