This is one of the most inspiring and expansive photographic exhibitions I have seen. It speaks to the wanderer in me. It exposes the good, the bad, the ugly of America life. It transforms the whimsical to the ordinary, the mundane to intriguing. It's a seductive collection of the social network that made up the heartbeat of the USA.
http://crystalbridges.org/exhibitions/the-open-road/
http://aperture.org/openroad/
Many traditional colour photos from....
Inge Morath
She took a series on her trip to a movie set and combined these wonderful images with her thoughts in an accompanying diary.
William Eggleston
Street and environmental images of items that conveys American life via consumerism and media arm twisting.
Stephen Shore
Vast panormas of the American heartland
Alec Soth
Traveled the length of the Mississippi with his 8x10 to capture Americana life intimately.
Joel Meyerowtiz
In a way, Joel is the "father" of colour photography. He defied the notion that colour was inferior as an art medium to B&W.
Jacob Holdt
Danish photographer who traveled the US alone in areas that would scare most humans from even thinking of entering. His slide show detailing the living conditions of blacks in America is shocking and moving. It's sad, horrifying, empathic. Must see.
Lots of B&W too but traditional colour photographers, like me, are a near extinct breed, so my focus on this review is my compadres in spirit.
Go see
Must see
Look me up if you do, I travel to Bentonville almost every week
Regards, Art
http://crystalbridges.org/exhibitions/the-open-road/
http://aperture.org/openroad/
Many traditional colour photos from....
Inge Morath
She took a series on her trip to a movie set and combined these wonderful images with her thoughts in an accompanying diary.
William Eggleston
Street and environmental images of items that conveys American life via consumerism and media arm twisting.
Stephen Shore
Vast panormas of the American heartland
Alec Soth
Traveled the length of the Mississippi with his 8x10 to capture Americana life intimately.
Joel Meyerowtiz
In a way, Joel is the "father" of colour photography. He defied the notion that colour was inferior as an art medium to B&W.
Jacob Holdt
Danish photographer who traveled the US alone in areas that would scare most humans from even thinking of entering. His slide show detailing the living conditions of blacks in America is shocking and moving. It's sad, horrifying, empathic. Must see.
Lots of B&W too but traditional colour photographers, like me, are a near extinct breed, so my focus on this review is my compadres in spirit.
Go see
Must see
Look me up if you do, I travel to Bentonville almost every week
Regards, Art
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