American Night

Paul Graham's photography explores the social fractures of America, highlighting the divide between the included and excluded. The book features a series of shocking images that sit between art and document, capturing the "chasm between promise and actuality." Shot between 1998 and 2002 in locations like Los Angeles, Memphis, and New York, the collection alternates between vibrant full-color images of perfect homes and intensely dark street portraits, evoking a sense of "stepping out of a sheltered place and into the sunlight."