Quite a perplexing title! The book is collection of beautifully stark black and white photos of damaged urban landscapes.
What I like about these pictures is that they combine this atmospheric Weegee noir with crisp patterns and geometrics formed by the materials themselves. It's hard to see a photograph of a chain link fence and not think Lee Friedlander, but Shaughnessy's fence compositions have disturbing imperfections, twists and perforations that push the material into an altogether more sinister realm. I think there are also echoes of Lewis Baltz in this body of work, but replacing his rigorous formalism with Shaughnessy's own brand of fluid decay.
You can see more work here http://www.rjshaughnessy.com/
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