Monday, November 17, 2008
Photographs Do Not Bend presents: Bill Owens: New Suburbia
In the 1970's Owens photographed in black and white, but his current essay is in color.
Image provided by PDNB
New Suburbia is Bill Owens' most recent document of how we live. His famous book and photography series, Suburbia, was released in the early 1970's. Almost 4 decades later Bill Owens set out to photograph the peculiar aspects of our common lives.
In the 1970's Owens photographed in black and white, which was the standard. Artists including Frank Gohlke, Garry Winogrand, Robert Adams also photographed our environment, focusing on the banal landscape of new housing developments and other aspects of America's burgeoning, upwardly mobile population.
Owens' current photo essay is in color. Images include suburban homes, somewhat larger than the ticky-tacky houses of the 1970's. Shopping Malls, monuments, food, billboards, and retail establishments together make a statement about the bizarre and colorful world we live.
Bill Owens did not journey through the country in the past few years without a plan. As he did in the 1970's, he listed all the places and subjects that he thought would be iconic to Suburban life in the 21st Century. The Suburbia document becomes a time capsule, while giving us a chance to look at ourselves now.
Two Bill Owens books have been released this year: Working - His 1970's document of people at work, and Bill Owens - A retrospective monograph that includes New Suburbia photographs.
Source: PDNB
Email
|
Print
|
1 Comment
|
Contribute
|
Nearby stories
- Photo gallery: Mardi Gras in Oak Cliff (January 7)
- Concert review: The Slack, Cricket Taylor and the Electromagnetics, and The Charming Gardeners at City Tavern in Dallas (January 5)
- Theater spotlight part deux: The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac at Undermain Theatre in Dallas
- Photo gallery UPDATED with video: Dallas Art Fair
- Photo gallery UPDATED with video: African American Read-in in Dallas (February 6)
Similar stories
- Video and photo gallery: Charles Cramer photography exhibit at Sun to Moon Gallery in Dallas
- Eastfield College's Gallery 219 to present Ben Espey: Courts
- UT Dallas to present Photojournalism of the Civil Rights Movement: A View of the Cold War’s Home Front photo exhibit
- Cafe du Luxe in Denton showcasing photography of UNT student
- Magnolia Gallery in Dallas to present Alicia Stepp-Woody photography exhibit
Faved or commented on by...
Find...
|
an event
|
a restaurant
|
|
a garage sale
|
a drink special
|
|
a movie
|
local music
|
|
a deal
|
a job
|
a pet
|
a house
|
alexander troup, says:
There are a lot of Out House's out West and in the Old Big Bend area too,so dont wait if you have to go, while P.D.N.B,... run of a show by Bert Finger and his crew,....handle a good format from time to time and a good price too,for the most recent ideal's and Image's on the Positive and Negative... While it is all about paper...A.T. Photo Bug.
Verified
1 year, 2 months agoLink to this comment | Suggest removal
What do you think?