Ed Panar: In the Vicinity of Natural Rituals
“The photograph, its two-dimensional plane and its insistence to be read almost always at a fraction of scale conflate the notion of environment and atmosphere”.
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Bill Owens: “American Photography and the American Dream” (excerpt) (1991)
The people in Owen’s book Suburbia, are still under the “spell” of the American Dream. They live in California suburban communities where, according to Owens, “everyone… lives ‘the good life’, which means having attractive homes, high paying jobs, swimming pools and shiny cars.” By James Guimond, excerpt from American Photography and the American Dream, […]