His remarkable book, Shards of America, is a rich and tumbling index of cultural expression as seen in the architecture, the streets and the signage – commercial, anarchic, eccentric and imploring – of small towns across the continent. The Ryerson Image Centre has been the fortunate recipient of a range of prints from the project, and is pleased to announce a talk by the artist on this work. Phil Bergerson’s work is held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the CMCP and the National Gallery of Canada. He is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto.