A collection of photos examining all the profundity and sameness of youth by the acclaimed photographer best known for her work with Taylor Swift.
Through her work with Taylor Swift--shooting the covers and promotional photos for her last several albums--photographer Beth Garrabrant has created imagery beloved by millions. Apart from her work with Swift, Garrabrant has spent the past two decades devoted to an ambitious project: documenting young people around the country. At their schools and churches, in their kitchens and bedrooms, at their proms and sporting events and part-time jobs, at amusement parks and in the backseats of cars where they spend so much of their idle time.
In Things Shouldn´t Be So Hard, the first collection of her work, Garrabrant movingly captures what it´s like to be not yet an adult in America: specifically the contradictory and often simultaneous states of camaraderie and isolation, confidence and insecurity, love and heartbreak, hope and despair. Featuring an introduction by lauded filmmaker Kelly Reichardt--who likens Garrabrant to modern masters such as William Eggleston and Robert Adams--this gorgeously designed four-color book showcases one of the most talented and soulful visual artists working today.