South Central RJ Johansson travelled through semi-deserted towns

Johansson travelled through semi-deserted towns in Kansas

leafless trees lining endless highways leading to nothing

“Máj” is an older word that has a romantic quality and is closely associated with a famous poem of the same name by Karel Hynek Mácha written in 1836

And obsession: the unconfessed obsession of a
photographer who happened to be in the right place at the
right time

And this is exactly what Castore's photography is like: balanced

South Central RJ Johansson travelled through semi-deserted townsin stock Hardcover, cloth, 29 x 32cm, 72 pages, 57 plates * the new 2020 edition is printed in quadratone on heavy paper, clothbound. Renowned for his modest yet powerful photographs that capture the sense of displacement and isolation felt by many young Americans, Mark Steinmetz photographed in and around Knoxville, Tennessee to create the work that makes up South Central. The title of the book is derived from the South Central Bell telephone company