Mythic West of Dreams and Nightmares
By Ken Johnson/ New York Times
c) Stephen Shore
MOMA exhibit visit here
March 29, 2009–June 8, 2009
Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West examines how photography has pictured the idea of the American West from 1850 to the present. Photography's development coincided with the exploration and the settlement of the West, and their simultaneous rise resulted in a complex association that has shaped the perception of the West's physical and social landscape to this day. For over 150 years, the image of the West has been formed and changed through a variety of photographic traditions and genres, and this exhibition considers the medium's role in shaping our collective imagination of the West. (excerpt press release)
Untitled (Cowboy), 2003
c) Richard Prince
c) Robert Adams
Marilyn, 28 Years Old, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1990-92
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
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