{"product_id":"the-axe-will-survive-the-master-matthew-connors","title":"The Axe Will Survive the Master","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThe Axe Will Survive the Master\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis an oblique record of life on a faltering planet. Created over twelve years and across continents, Matthew Connors’s photographs trace the contours of an era shaped by confrontations with authoritarian power. From the Arab Spring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Connors traverses scenes of global upheaval marked by disintegrating social contracts, political violence, and the lingering reverberations of the Cold War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eBringing together photographs made between 2013 and 2025, this volume concludes a trilogy – following \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e (2013) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFire in Cairo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(2015) – meditating on power, resistance, and the fragile fate of democratic ideals. His images move between the geopolitical and the intimate, drawn as much from the fabric of daily life as from the front lines of history. They depict a world defined by conflict and uncertainty, yet charged with beauty, threat, and consequence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eConnors distils this vast, long-term observation into a single, haunting sequence, forming a work that asks how images can bear witness to fracture and endurance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThe Axe Will Survive the Master\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003estands as the culmination of a major body of work: a lyrical reflection on survival, sovereignty, and the political forces that shape individual experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SPBH Editions","offers":[{"title":"Unsigned","offer_id":52831711527178,"sku":"9781917651455","price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed","offer_id":52301250199818,"sku":"9781917651455S","price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/9372\/0003\/files\/TheAxe_Front1B_18d6816e-f123-46ff-b7cb-9295c272ee03.jpg?v=1776166149","url":"https:\/\/mackbooks.eu\/products\/the-axe-will-survive-the-master-matthew-connors","provider":"MACK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}