Publisher Note

Acclaimed photographer Mary Beth Meehan and Silicon Valley culture expert Fred Turner join forces to give us an unseen view of the heart of the tech world.

It’s hard to imagine a place more central to American mythology today than Silicon Valley. To outsiders, the region glitters with the promise of extraordinary wealth and innovation. But behind this image lies another Silicon Valley, one segregated by race, class, and nationality in complex and contradictory ways. Its beautiful landscape lies atop underground streams of pollutants left behind by decades of technological innovation, and while its billionaires live in compounds, surrounded by redwood trees and security fences, its service workers live in their cars.

With arresting photography and intimate stories, Seeing Silicon Valley makes this hidden world visible. Instead of young entrepreneurs striving for efficiency in minimalist corporate campuses, we see portraits of struggle—families displaced by an impossible real estate market, workers striving for a living wage, and communities harmed by environmental degradation. If the fate of Silicon Valley is the fate of America—as so many of its boosters claim—then this book gives us an unvarnished look into the future.

Photobook

Seeing Silicon Valley

— Life inside a fraying America

by Mary Beth Meehan

Publisher
Release Place Chicago, IL, United States of America
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2021
Credits
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 9780226786483
Work  
Subform Photobook
Topics Contemporary, Society
Methods Photography
Language English
Format Softcover
Dimensions 19.8 × 25.5 × 1.0 cm
Pages 112
Technique Offset