Gong Co. — Christian Patterson. Published by TBW Books & Éditions Images Vevey.
If I were to survive a nuclear holocaust, like Burgess Meredith in the Time Enough At Last episode of The Twilight Zone, I’d hope to stumble upon this time capsule in the dusty rubble. Meticulously crafted. Aged well, and one for the ages of great photo books. Reminds me of my trip to Chernobyl. With end-papers to die for! I found a fake two-dollar bill in my copy. Patterson always comes up with the goods, even if those goods have long ago expired on the shelves in the Gong Co. store.
Jason Eskenazi is a photographer and author based in New York. He is the author of Wonderland: Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith and The Americans List, a book about Robert Frank. Jason is a Guggenheim Fellow (1999), a Fulbright Scholar, and the co-founder of Dog Food zine. He is also the co-founder and owner of Red Hook Editions.