Mike Brodie’sA Period of Juvenile Prosperity is one of the most iconic and influential photobooks of 21st-century American documentary photography. Shot on 35mm film while riding freight trains across the United States, Brodie captures a raw, intimate portrait of youth living on the margins—rail riders, runaways, travelers, and wanderers building makeshift communities as they move from state to state.
The photographs are bold, unfiltered, and deeply human: dusty landscapes, battered freight cars, improvised camps, intense friendships, and brief moments of tenderness in a hard, unpredictable world. Brodie’s striking color palette, instinctive framing, and immersive closeness to his subjects made this book an instant classic.
Book Details
Photographer: Mike Brodie
Title:A Period of Juvenile Prosperity
Publisher: Twin Palms
Format: Hardcover
Photographs: Full-color film photographs throughout
Genre: American documentary / youth culture / subculture photography
