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Days of Malaise

by Paul Stanley Pagel
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9798318832208
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Palmetto Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Palmetto Publishing
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 256
  • Original Price: USD 75.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 762 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Photoessays & Documentaries

Days of Malaise is a photographic record of Milwaukee and Waukesha counties between 1975 and 1982-a period marked by a subdued resilience despite pervasive uncertainty and detachment. The images do not romanticize the past. They document it as it was: the worn neighborhoods and ordinary routines of everyday life, where people lived their lives without knowing they'd one day be part of history. The photographs move through streets, lunch counters, factories, homes, and public gatherings, capturing people in mid-gesture, mid-thought, mid-life. Some scenes are candid, others staged, but all reflect the mood of the era-economic strain, cultural shifts, and a sense that something was ending without anything on the horizon to replace it. There's no attempt to sanitize the era or soften its hard-edged sense of quiet desperation and sadness. The introduction explains why this work exists: the era is easily overlooked, often considered to be too uncomfortable to remember or too inconsequential to preserve. It's also definitive proof that memory fades much faster than we might expect. The book treats local history not as nostalgia, but as evidence. Days of Malaise is for readers who care about photography as a document, not a decoration; for those interested in the truth of a place rather than an idealized version of itself. Whether you recognize these streets or are seeing them for the first time, the images offer an unfiltered look at how communities moved through a difficult time in history. This book is not a celebration. It's a record, a pause, a reminder of what it felt like to be there.

Pagel, Paul Stanley: - Paul Stanley Pagel is a Wisconsin photographer and writer. In his late teens and early 20s, he worked as a photographer, research assistant, and editor, contributing to notable publications such as Places of Worship-Milwaukee (1977) and Downtown Milwaukee (1978). His work was also featured in the traveling exhibition Milwaukee: Self Portrait (1979). Living in Milwaukee from 1975 to 1982, Pagel focused on capturing the essence of people, places, and events during this transformative period, which he explores in his book, Days of Malaise.

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