St. Louis is a city with a lot going on just below the surface. This sometimes-secret world includes pitch black tunnels and caves, the long, lonely halls of past institutions, and the ruins of former factories. It also includes the hum of industrial activity, the frantic pace of scientific or cultural innovation, and the maze of infrastructure running invisibly beneath it all.
Subterranean St. Louis: Below Ground and Behind Barriers explores what exists just out of view for most of the city’s residents. It is a book that is both a guide and a glimpse into a community whose long history has observed plenty of prosperity and failure (sometimes in seemingly equal measure), though whose self-determination and grit ensures its perpetuation.
St. Louis-native and photographer, Jason Gray, takes the reader below the surface of this intensely interesting city with an extraordinary collection of images spanning more than ten years of work investigating the region’s industrial, cultural, and civic infrastructures.

Author Biography

Jason Gray is an artist exploring his relationship to St. Louis, Missouri, and the world through post-documentary photography. Mr. Gray also works as a freelance editorial, art, and event photographer. Jason is currently the Image Rights Manager at the Saint Louis Art Museum, where he has also worked as a Preparator and Photography Studio Manager. His previous roles have included Director of Exhibitions at the International Photography Hall of Fame, Curator at The Dark Room Photo Gallery, and Community Manager for the Americas at F- Stop Gear. Additionally, Jason is the Founding Director of Photo Flood Saint Louis, a community for photographers with 700 members.

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