Gillian Laub: Family Matters, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Gillian Laub's photographs of her family from the past twenty years, now collected in one volume, explores the way society's biggest questions are revealed in our most intimate relationships. As a photographer and storyteller, Gillian Laub believes the sources and consequences of nearly every human drama find their most evocative forms in the messy beauty of families. Family Matters zeroes in on the artist's own family as a stand-in for the way Donald Trump's knack for sowing discord and division has impacted communities, individuals, and households across the country. As Laub explains, "I began to unpack my relationship to my relatives-which turned out to be much more indicative of my relationship to the outside world than I had ever thought." These issues became all the more tangible in 2016, when Laub and her parents found themselves on opposing sides of the most divisive presidential election in recent US history. Ultimately, Family Matters celebrates the resiliency and power of family. In doing so, it holds up a highly personalized mirror to the social and political divides of the United States today. | Gillian Laub: Family Matters, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters