The Grift, Andrew Kochanowski
The Grift is not a political book in the traditional sense. Instead, it takes a dispassionate look at a phenomenon enabled by conventional mass media, new digital channels, and informal word-of-mouth networks. It looks to actors playing their parts, but more broadly to mutual, bottomless need and dependence. Feasting off the spectacle, the speaker and the crowd crave one another. One will lie to the other, and both will lie to themselves. Who is grifting who?
I’ll tell you why pyramid schemes are illegal. Because for every winner, there are 99 losers. Because no matter what you hear, you’re the one paying. There’s a reason the show is free. If you’re wondering about the mark in the room, it’s you.
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Andrew Kochanowski is a photographer based outside Detroit, USA. Since 2007 his work has appeared in both solo and group exhibits in Detroit, London, Paris, Warsaw, Berlin, New York, Brighton (U.K), Cardiff, Milan, San Francisco, and elsewhere, at venues such as the London Street Photography Festival, Brighton Bianale, SF StreetFoto Festival, Street Photo Milano, Miami Street Photography Festival, Paris Photo Month, and European Month of Photography in Berlin. His essays, images, and interviews have been published in numerous print and web publications, including Leica Blog, Metropolitan Detroit, Dodho, The Online Photographer, Anatomy, Eyeshot Magazine, and others. He has published essays and editorial work on professional boxing. Before devoting most of his time to candid photography, he shot various assignments for an international news agency. He is a founding member of Burn My Eye, an international photography collective that has been operating since 2011.
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Edition: 100
Page Count: 56
Dimensions: 8.5” x 11”
Format: Perfect Bound
ISBN:978-1-7355008-9-8
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The Grift is not a political book in the traditional sense. Instead, it takes a dispassionate look at a phenomenon enabled by conventional mass media, new digital channels, and informal word-of-mouth networks. It looks to actors playing their parts, but more broadly to mutual, bottomless need and dependence. Feasting off the spectacle, the speaker and the crowd crave one another. One will lie to the other, and both will lie to themselves. Who is grifting who?
I’ll tell you why pyramid schemes are illegal. Because for every winner, there are 99 losers. Because no matter what you hear, you’re the one paying. There’s a reason the show is free. If you’re wondering about the mark in the room, it’s you.
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Andrew Kochanowski is a photographer based outside Detroit, USA. Since 2007 his work has appeared in both solo and group exhibits in Detroit, London, Paris, Warsaw, Berlin, New York, Brighton (U.K), Cardiff, Milan, San Francisco, and elsewhere, at venues such as the London Street Photography Festival, Brighton Bianale, SF StreetFoto Festival, Street Photo Milano, Miami Street Photography Festival, Paris Photo Month, and European Month of Photography in Berlin. His essays, images, and interviews have been published in numerous print and web publications, including Leica Blog, Metropolitan Detroit, Dodho, The Online Photographer, Anatomy, Eyeshot Magazine, and others. He has published essays and editorial work on professional boxing. Before devoting most of his time to candid photography, he shot various assignments for an international news agency. He is a founding member of Burn My Eye, an international photography collective that has been operating since 2011.
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Edition: 100
Page Count: 56
Dimensions: 8.5” x 11”
Format: Perfect Bound
ISBN:978-1-7355008-9-8
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PRESS / LINKS:
The Grift is not a political book in the traditional sense. Instead, it takes a dispassionate look at a phenomenon enabled by conventional mass media, new digital channels, and informal word-of-mouth networks. It looks to actors playing their parts, but more broadly to mutual, bottomless need and dependence. Feasting off the spectacle, the speaker and the crowd crave one another. One will lie to the other, and both will lie to themselves. Who is grifting who?
I’ll tell you why pyramid schemes are illegal. Because for every winner, there are 99 losers. Because no matter what you hear, you’re the one paying. There’s a reason the show is free. If you’re wondering about the mark in the room, it’s you.
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Andrew Kochanowski is a photographer based outside Detroit, USA. Since 2007 his work has appeared in both solo and group exhibits in Detroit, London, Paris, Warsaw, Berlin, New York, Brighton (U.K), Cardiff, Milan, San Francisco, and elsewhere, at venues such as the London Street Photography Festival, Brighton Bianale, SF StreetFoto Festival, Street Photo Milano, Miami Street Photography Festival, Paris Photo Month, and European Month of Photography in Berlin. His essays, images, and interviews have been published in numerous print and web publications, including Leica Blog, Metropolitan Detroit, Dodho, The Online Photographer, Anatomy, Eyeshot Magazine, and others. He has published essays and editorial work on professional boxing. Before devoting most of his time to candid photography, he shot various assignments for an international news agency. He is a founding member of Burn My Eye, an international photography collective that has been operating since 2011.
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Edition: 100
Page Count: 56
Dimensions: 8.5” x 11”
Format: Perfect Bound
ISBN:978-1-7355008-9-8
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PRESS / LINKS: