Art in Alabama

Photographer Joel Sternfeld & his American Prospects project

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

The influence of Joel Sternfeld In 1980, President Reagan was elected president and Joel Sternfeld had embarked on a road trip across America that would allow him to capture life in America as it was in the 1980s. Having been awarded the Guggenheim grant two years earlier in 1978, Joel’s American Prospects was later to …

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Mitch Epstein uncovers the dark secrets of American power production

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

American Power by Mitch Epstein Photographer Mitch Epstein has taken part of his time to bring light into the social and moral fabric of the United States. One of the works that has earned him a lot of praise is his American Power project. In American Power, Mitch travels through America to bring images of …

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Alec Soth’s Broken Manual – Somewhere to Disappear

Photography / 5 minutes of reading

Broken Manual by photographer Alec Soth is a compelling series that was created over a four-year period, from 2006-2010. They reflect Soth’s increasing interest in the mounting anger and frustration that some—specifically male—Americans feel with societal constraints and their subsequent desire to remove themselves from civilization. The resulting work is a group of portraits …

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