EXERCISE AT HOME Luke Smalley

In his second book, American photographer Luke Smalley revisits the themes from his 2002 monograph Gymnasium.

In Exercise at Home, now reissued after being out of print since 2007, Smalley returns to his native Pennsylvania to consider the small-town interiors and landscapes that are the settings for his portraits of young athletes. Color photographs, inspired by a more innocent era, combine whimsy with the inexplicable. 

Luke Smalley (1955–2009) had his first photobook discovered in a hotel lobby by Dior Men’s fashion designer and artistic director Kim Jones. Smalley shot Jones’ first fashion line and went on to have a storied career in fashion photography. His images have appeared in the New York Times style section, Dazed and V, among others.

twin palms publishers
december 2007
8 x 12 inches
48 pages
27 four-color plates