Slip Me the Master KeySlip Me the Master Key is a monograph by Thomas Prior collecting together two decades of the American artists precise and unflinching photographic practice. Prior's sharp images have a connecting thread of the American uncanny, often looking into the bleeding edge of technology, environment, capitalism, and culture to evoke an anthropocentric vision that's sublime in its consistency and composition. Priors detailed style moves fluidly between

but my own mind

this book reveals the influences of Early Renaissance frescoes

a documentary about his work in the favelas and landfills around Rio de Janeiro

” standing between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean

certainly not to spite the person

”As a sucker for material

he experienced his ego diminish and the cosmos exist by itself

a town in South East England renowned for its wild

turning his gift for visual narrative to subjects as diverse as news reporting

and a selection of previously unpublished photographs taken between 1952 and 1992

He initially felt overwhelmed by the metropolis and its rhythm

family albums