{"product_id":"matthew-connors-the-axe-will-survive-the-master-preorder-signed-copies","title":"Matthew Connors: The Axe Will Survive the Master (preorder signed copies)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"mix-blend-mode: normal;\" class=\"fe-block fe-block-a1f9fba6a4612630ecbc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-a1f9fba6a4612630ecbc\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-block-type=\"2\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"entry-content\" id=\"summary\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Axe Will Survive the Master \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBringing together photographs made between 2013 and 2025, this volume concludes a trilogy – following \u003ci\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eFire in Cairo \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\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. \u003ci\u003eThe Axe Will Survive the Master \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned copies will be available after the Booksigning event on 25 June.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Axe Will Survive the Master \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eSPBH Editions, April 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matthew Connors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eDebossed Hardcover with glossy finish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e20 x 25.6 cm, 208 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781917651455\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"* New or Sealed *","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56773606474108,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/5351\/files\/MatthewConnorsCover.jpg?v=1778684771","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/products\/matthew-connors-the-axe-will-survive-the-master-preorder-signed-copies","provider":"TPG Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}