Trying to Find the Ocean by Michael Ast book

Michael Ast. michaelast, Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Mark Alice Durant, Baltimore, MD, self-published

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore ,offset press, self-publishing, self-publish, pigeons, flight, avian, urban, city, brick wall, shadow, wings

Michael Ast. Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Mark Alice Durant, Baltimore, sharks, ocean, underwater, ominous, coral, flash photography, michaelast, sea, teeth, sharp, self-published

Michael Ast. Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Mark Alice Durant, Baltimore, MD, tunnel, airplane, takeoff, clouds, urban, city, skyward, ominous, michaelast, self-published

Michael Ast, Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Mark Alice Durant, Baltimore, ocean, ominous, black and white photography, michaelast, self-publish, bible, preach, street preacher, holy bible

Michael Ast. michaelast, Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Mark Alice Durant, Baltimore, MD, self-published, steeple, church, cross

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore, camera, video camera, voyeurism, voyeur, offset press, self-publishing, self-publish

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore, cell phone, flip phone, corn rows, cornrow, brick, self publishing

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore, legs, from above, night, midnight, holding hands, couple, self publishing

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore, blur, dog, gaze, prowl, leash, on leash, self publishing

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore, saloon, bar, door cracked, dead end, behind door, self publishing

Michael Ast, Trying to find the ocean, ear, Baltimore, photobook, photo book, self-published, michaelast, ominous, dream, nightmare, crashed, passed out, asleep, tavern, flash photography, city life

Michael Ast. Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Mark Alice Durant, Baltimore, MD, cobblestone, cross, Christian, ominous, trolley, trolley tracks, at night, doorway, michaelast, self-published

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore, bus stop, self-publishing, self publishing

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, Baltimore, pedestrian, bench, eyelashes, eyelid, young mom, portrait, self-publishing, self publishing

Michael Ast, trying to find the ocean, photobook, pigeon, open wings, taking flight, avian, ornithology, birdfeed, bird feed, prayer, pigeons, flock, self publishing

Michael Ast, Trying to Find the Ocean, Baltimore, urban, city, city life, aerial, hotel, apartments, complex, highrise, windows, fog, dawn, michaelast, parked, vacant, ghost, self-published

Michael Ast, Trying to Find the Ocean, lamppost, Baltimore, MD, shadow, urban, city, star, ominous, framed, Mark Alice Durant, michaelast, pedestrian, abstract, parked, self-published, photobook

Michael Ast, Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, self-publish, self-publishing, offset printing, 911, police, smoke, manhole, telephone, payphone, pay phone, Baltimore, urban, city, ominous, foreboding, noir, michaelast, suspense, sun glare

Michael Ast. Trying to Find the Ocean, photobook, Mark Alice Durant, Baltimore, MD, overpass, traffic, book cover, photo book, michaelast, ominous, urban, city, pedestrian, reflection, silohuette, traffic, vignette, driving, driveby, self-published

“For Michael Ast photographing is a form of praise. To frame something in the world is to confer importance, to proclaim that it existed, was noticed and would not disappear without acknowledgement. He does not seek the spectacle of conventional beauty, nor does he indulge in gratuitous ugliness. Instead, Ast invents the world as he goes along, finding small moments and minor revelations that add up to an episodic collection of subtle dualities.” ~ Mark Alice Durant (author/artist)

“A beautiful blend of tough and poetic.” ~ Ron Jude (photographer/publisher)

“The first thing I noticed about American photographer Michael Ast’s debut book is how these images carry the tempo of a city, in this case Baltimore, Maryland. It is almost as if Ast’s camera is a barometer for the mood of this town . . . .” ~ Alison Stieven-Taylor (journalist/author)

“The production is the best I’ve seen for a local book of photography.” ~ Rachel Whang
(Owner, Atomic Books, Baltimore)

TRYING TO FIND THE OCEAN

Afterword essay by Mark Alice Durant

Afterword Essay

Book Description

VIDEO of the Making

Trying to Find the Ocean . . . in the Press

$35 + shipping. (International orders to ship via International Priority rates)
Please contact Michael for wholesale inquiries.

Order via PayPal here

Also available at:
Dashwood Books (New York City)
Spaces Corners (Pittsburgh)
L’Ascenseur Vègètal (Bordeaux)
Atomic Books (Baltimore)