MATT HENRY - PALM Set against a backdrop of

Set against a backdrop of exploding consumerism

National Gallery of Art

strength and their shared pursuit of their quintessentially American happiness

and exaggerated clichés that encourage active

Volume III: The Seven Cities (Sturm & Drang

MATT HENRY - PALM Set against a backdrop ofA new photobook by Matt Henry explores a fictionalised 1960s America through the shifting metaphor of the palm tree. Pre Order open. Releases in May 2026. See the work at Polka Gallery in Paris this spring. Palm presents three fictional narratives that use the palm tree as an unlikely lens to explore the tumult of 1960s America. Set against a backdrop of exploding consumerism, the Vietnam War, second wave feminism, and a growing countercultural youth,