{"id":1142,"date":"2020-02-17T01:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T01:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2020-02-14T17:29:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T17:29:36","slug":"photo-exhibit-captures-the-middle-class-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/photo-exhibit-captures-the-middle-class-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Exhibit Captures the Middle Class Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On display until the end of February in the Social Work Library and through March in the O’Neill Library reading room, the photo exhibit \u201cTrapped in the Middle: The Effect of Income Inequality on the Middle Class in America\u201d illustrates the impact of growing wealth disparities on the people we rarely expect to be struggling: the middle class. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image of a family reconstructing a house in Julian Fisher\u2019s Trapped in the Middle exhibit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The costs of being in the middle class have increased steadily over the past three decades, while incomes have remained essentially flat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bar graph from Julian Fisher\u2019s Trapped in the Middle exhibit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The middle class juggles the demands of housing, transportation, education, and healthcare, modifying both life and lifestyle to adapt to these new conditions and stresses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The kitchen of a family-owned restaurant in Julian Fisher\u2019s Trapped in the Middle exhibit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Photographer Julian Fisher uses scenes and settings to represent what the middle class is dealing with and the adaptations they make to keep things on an even keel. The pictures are metaphorical, each raising a larger set of issues that confront the 85% of Americans in the broadly defined middle class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please drop by the Social Work Library before the end of February and\/or the O\u2019Neill Reading Room before the end of March to catch this exhibit before it closes. There is an accompanying display in the O\u2019Neill Library lobby of relevant books from our collection that will be up until the end of February. More graphs and accompanying text help provide context for the photos. If you miss it, you can see an online version of the exhibit <\/a>on Julian Fisher\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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