Joe O'Hara
4-Jul-2021, 05:46
Link here. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-9733619/Stunningly-detailed-images-1950s-America.html
The article (from the UK Daily Mail Online, July 3) does not say whether his pictures will be exhibited or published in the future, but it would be a shame if they were not. To me they have a look reminiscent of Walker Evans, but not so coldly clinical and distant as Evans could be. They are from an era that was fading but still visible when I was a kid in single digits. Others here may also remember the drugstore/soda fountains from their old neighborhoods, the hexagonal tile floors, the exuberant clutter of the old time mom and pop shops.
Apparently he used an 8x10 view camera. The lighting, composition, and technical quality are excellent. Like the best documentary photographs, they are full of detail and redolent of nostalgia.
The article (from the UK Daily Mail Online, July 3) does not say whether his pictures will be exhibited or published in the future, but it would be a shame if they were not. To me they have a look reminiscent of Walker Evans, but not so coldly clinical and distant as Evans could be. They are from an era that was fading but still visible when I was a kid in single digits. Others here may also remember the drugstore/soda fountains from their old neighborhoods, the hexagonal tile floors, the exuberant clutter of the old time mom and pop shops.
Apparently he used an 8x10 view camera. The lighting, composition, and technical quality are excellent. Like the best documentary photographs, they are full of detail and redolent of nostalgia.