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(3.49 - 219 votes)About “Ten Convenient Stores” (above):
Over the past year I have combed the streets looking for convenience stores with common architectural details. This project is a collection of images that I made and produced in a limited number in conjunction with 20″x30″ prints all taken in Miami, FL in 2004. This project on the convenience store is concerned with the consumer culture of immediacy, 24-hour availability, information overload, and the loss of local identity. The images were made after midnight and photographed with a 4″x5″ view camera in a straight-on objective style. I was influenced in equal parts by the German photographic team of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s straight shoots of industrial landscapes and Ed Ruscha’s 1963 book Twenty Six Gasoline Stations. By shooting these stores in the same straight ahead angle it highlights the differences in each store’s product display and unique advertisements. I use a view camera because it provides ultra sharp detail and helps to create a window into each scene. By using a large format camera the scene contains vastly more detail than the human eye can digest at once. Thus, it is the ideal way to document the information overload of the Miami’Dade County landscape.
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Wonderful. I think they are evocative, they tell a story, they are beautifully shot. I think these photographs are the best I’ve seen in a long time.
Comment by Jeannie — June 27, 2008
don’t miss the booklet, 7 x 7 “, affordable
Comment by RSadler — June 27, 2008
These are beautiful. Great work.
Comment by Jess Barnett — June 27, 2008
I disagree with christian!
This is an awesome and creppy perspective of modern American life – repetitivenessrepetitivenessrepetitivenessrepetitivenessrepetitiveness
The use of natural light and composition mirrors the subject matter.
Wonderful stuff!
Comment by dunkel — June 27, 2008
I love i. It reminds me of when I went out
and stayed out till 3am. It looks like home
away from home
Comment by Thomas — June 27, 2008
I love this. Awesome.
Comment by Vince — June 27, 2008
I like it. I was doing some similar shoots with a Moskva-5. I was trying to get shots of Fastfood places, never finished. â??#10535â??, 20″x30″, 2004 is my favorite.
Comment by jc — June 27, 2008
I like it. I thought of Hopper’s painting of the diner. As I looked at it, I felt like I was an observer of a sad, inwardly poor, impersonal society.
Comment by Katy — June 27, 2008
I like the photos very much. I feel they are elegant. By using the same format, the individual differences become apparent. They are also beautiful as documentary photography.
I respect his commitment to using the highest technical standards in photography. The artist statement is very precise of what his objectives were. He was very successful but it seems not very popular.
I believe art is a mixture of Truth and Beauty. There is no doubt that in the ratio of Truth to Beauty, Truth predominates. But to my eye and experience the ratio of beauty is also very high. From the early ratings it seems my opinion is in the minority. I wish more people could see the Beauty here.
Comment by Roger Sadler — June 27, 2008
I usually don’t give harsh critiques; but, these images don’t look any better than a last minute assignment for an Archetectural Photography class. You shoot the image well, but look for an appealing subject that hasn’t been used repeatedly…
Comment by Christian — June 27, 2008