Luke Smalley: Exercise at Home

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<p><strong>Idiosyncratic looks at the stereotype of the red-blooded American man</strong></p><p>In his second photobook, American photographer Luke Smalley revisits the themes from his 2002 monograph <i>Gymnasium</i>. After receiving a degree in sports medicine from Pepperdine University and then working as both a model and personal trainer, Smalley became fascinated with the archetype of the athletic American male, and sought to explore its more playful side. His compositions were inspired by early 20th-century fitness manuals and high school yearbooks.<br>In <i>Exercise at Home</i>, now reissued after being out of print since 2007, Smalley returns to his native Pennsylvania to consider the small-town interiors and landscapes that are the settings for his portraits of young athletes. Color photographs, inspired by a more innocent era, combine whimsy with the inexplicable. Smalley hires a local seamstress to construct a colossal medicine ball; he binds two boys together with a "harness