Look at the U.S.A.

'Alongide reflection on the ethics of his vocation, van Agtmael’s photos… are a disconcerting examination of the faultlines that have defined America’s troubled society'
Financial Times

'It’s impossible not to be purposefully moved by this 352-page brick of a book. Moved by the contradictions and emotions, humour and strangeness, frailty and fragility, the humanity of it, of the people photographed and the way in which Peter expresses his own flaws as narrator'
Amateur Photographer

'Almost 200 photographs feature in Look at the USA, which can be a difficult read at times, with so many images of war and conflict. But van Agtmael’s use of diary entries alongside the images provides some useful context and allows the photographer to zoom out from the pictures to offer a wider view to the reader'
Digital Camera World

'The weight of war on the American psyche is recorded through the lens of brooding photojournalist Peter van Agtmael'
Independent

'Peter van Agtmael shares a harrowing personal account of the post-9/11 era, at war and at home'
Eye of Photography

'A refined collection of [Peter van Agtmael’s] life’s work ... Transcend[s] mere record and launch[es] into the reaches of profundity'
The Washington Post

'A morally and socially difficult book filled with insightful prose and sophisticated, necessary photographs. It is among the very best'
Frames magazine

'Captures faultlines on the home front with images as arresting as they are disorientating … Within the limits of a photograph’s frame, finding a commensurate and coherent form for dislocation and dissonance in the body politic has been van Agtmael’s challenge and his achievement … There are well over 100 photographs in the book, accompanied by van Agtmael’s personal comments, and their truth fuels their sorrow'
Sean Sheehan, The Irish Times