Larry Sultan’s monograph examines his relationship with his parents through a decade-long sequence made during periodic visits to their Southern California home in the 1980s. Combining color photographs, Super-8 home-movie stills, conversations, Sultan’s writings, and memorabilia, the book constructs a family portrait against the Reagan-era American dream. Its narrative moves between documentary observation and staging, addressing intimacy, distance, memory, and the shifting roles of photographer and subject.
