Daniel Shea - Blisner, IL Special Edition
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
            
          
        
      - Originally published by Fourteen Nineteen, with the trade edition of the book now sold out.
 - Limited special edition of 50 copies
 - 5×7" print (#/5 edition each, 10 options)
 - Each 5×7" print contains an exclusive image not contained within the book.
 - a postcard that serves as a bookmark
 
- 192 pages, 97 color plates, 18 x 25 cm
 - 192 Pages, Hardcover
 - First Edition, September 2014
 - ISBN 978-0-9573810-3-2
 - with an essay by Walter Benn Michaels
 
Blisner, IL examines the effects of deindustrialization in a Rust Belt town. The book serves as a sequel to Blisner, Ill., the change in postal abbreviations significant in their respective points in the chronology of the town, and frames its predecessor as a historical document from which to draw information at the present day site.
The book focuses on mid-sized cities in Southern Illinois and how they attempt to maintain the veneer of their once industrially-prosperous moment. Blisner, IL is organized in chapters that loosely follow the regional picture book formula of understanding place through its history, industry and culture, the terms often functioning synonymously.
- The Great Leap Sideways - text by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
 - Hotshoe - interview with Alan Knox
 - Photo-Eye - interview with Lucas Foglia
 - Paper Journal - review by Alexander Norton
 - 1000 Words - review by Jeffrey Ladd