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Doug Rickard's "A New American Picture" offers a startling and fresh perspective on American street photography. While at first glance the work looks reassuringly familiar and well within the traditional bounds of the genre, Rickard's methodology is anything but conventional. All of the images are appropriated from Google Street View; over a period of two years, Rickard took advantage of the technology platform's comprehensive image archive to virtually drive the unseen and overlooked roads of America--bleak places that are forgotten, economically devastated and abandoned. With an informed and careful eye, Rickard finds and decodes these previously photographed scenes of urban and rural decay. He rephotographs the machine-made images as they appear on his computer screen, framing and freeing them from their technological origins. As Geoff Dyer has commented on the work, "It was William Eggleston who coined the phrase 'photographing democratically, ' but Rickard has used Google's indiscriminate omniscience to radically extend this enterprise--technologically, politically and aesthetically." A limited-edition monograph of "A New American Picture" was published by White Press/Schaden in 2010; upon publication, it was named a best book of that year by "Photo-Eye" magazine, and quickly went out of print. This edition brings Rickard's provocative series, including more than 30 new images, to a wider audience.
Doug Rickard (born 1968) studied American history and sociology at University of California, San Diego. He is the founder of American Suburb X (www.americansuburbx.com) and These Americans (www.theseamericans.com), aggregating websites for essays on contemporary photography and historical photographic archives. "A New American Picture" was included in the annual "New Photography" exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2011.
Doug Rickard (born 1968) studied American history and sociology at University of California, San Diego. He is the founder of American Suburb X (www.americansuburbx.com) and These Americans (www.theseamericans.com), aggregating websites for essays on contemporary photography and historical photographic archives. "A New American Picture" was included in the annual "New Photography" exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2011.
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Doug Rickard studied U.S. history and sociology at UC San Diego. He is the founder of American Suburb X and These Americans, aggregating websites for essays on contemporary photography and historical photographic archives. In 2011, A New American Picture was included in the annual New Photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. A solo exhibition is planned for fall 2012 at Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.
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Lined with stores closed down long ago, sad-looking homes and deserted properties they are America's 'forgotten streets'. But one artist is forcing people to take a closer look at the often ignored places hit with financial struggles over the years. Using Google Street View, Doug Rickard was able to capture images from states all over the U.S including Michigan, California, Arkansas and New Jersey - without ever leaving his own home.--Lydia Warren"Daily Mail Online" (06/03/2012)
His large prints of the Google Street View images have an unnatural digitized look with angles distorted by this new mobile technology. At the same time, they're eerily invasive, exuding a ghostly intimacy. His images underscore the way we are increasingly conditioned to see the world-at a surveillance camera's remove.--Philip Gefter"Departures" (05/01/2015)
His large prints of the Google Street View images have an unnatural digitized look with angles distorted by this new mobile technology. At the same time, they're eerily invasive, exuding a ghostly intimacy. His images underscore the way we are increasingly conditioned to see the world-at a surveillance camera's remove.--Philip Gefter"Departures" (05/01/2015)
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- PublisherAperture
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1597112194
- ISBN 13 9781597112192
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black ink on the title page by Rickard. Hardcover, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Doug Rickard. Essay by David Campany. Interview with the artist by Erin O'Toole. Includes contributor biographies. Designed by Sabine Pflitsch. 144 pp., with 79 four-color plates. 9-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches. [First edition by White Star Press cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume III. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2014)]. New in publisher's shrink-wrap (slit open for signature). In flawless condition. From the publisher: "Doug Rickard's A New American Picture offers a startling and fresh perspective on American street photography. All of the images are appropriated from Google Street View; over a period of two years,Rickard took advantage of the technology platform's comprehensive image archive to virtually drive the unseen and overlooked roads of America, bleak places that are forgotten, economically devastated, and abandoned.With an informed and deliberate eye, Rickard finds and decodes these previously photographed scenes of urban and rural decay. The photograph included in the set, entitled #33.665001, Atlanta, GA (2007) (2010), is a reflection of forgotten America. Rickard re-photographed the Google Street View image from his computer, creating a dissolved painterly aesthetic that veils the subject's individual identity and making him an archetype for the youth living in these areas. Rickard calls upon the masters of the street-photography tradition--such as Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore--while setting a precedent for a new kind of image-making in an increasingly hi-tech world. Doug Rickard (born in San Jose, California, 1968) studied U.S. history and sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the founder ofAmerican Suburb X and These Americans, websites that aggregate essays on contemporary photography and historical photographic archives.In 2011, his series A New American Picture was included in the annual New Photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His work is represented in New York by the Yossi Milo Gallery and by Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco." Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 110230
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition box set of 25 copies (and 5 artist's proofs), with an original pigment ink print (#33.665001, Atlanta, GA (2007) [2010]) (paper size 10-1/16 x 12-8/16 inches; image size 7-1/8 x 11-1/2 inches), signed and numbered by Rickard. Hardcover, with photographically illustrated dust jacket, contained in a custom cloth-covered clamshell box. Photographs by Doug Rickard. Essay by David Campany. Interview with the artist by Erin O'Toole. Includes contributor biographies. Designed by Sabine Pflitsch. 144 pp., with 79 four-color plates. 9-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches. [First edition by White Star Press cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume III. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2014)]. New in publisher's packaging. Book and print in flawless condition. From the publisher: "Doug Rickard's A New American Picture offers a startling and fresh perspective on American street photography. All of the images are appropriated from Google Street View; over a period of two years,Rickard took advantage of the technology platform's comprehensive image archive to virtually drive the unseen and overlooked roads of America, bleak places that are forgotten, economically devastated, and abandoned.With an informed and deliberate eye, Rickard finds and decodes these previously photographed scenes of urban and rural decay. The photograph included in the set, entitled #33.665001, Atlanta, GA (2007) (2010), is a reflection of forgotten America. Rickard re-photographed the Google Street View image from his computer, creating a dissolved painterly aesthetic that veils the subject's individual identity and making him an archetype for the youth living in these areas. Rickard calls upon the masters of the street-photography tradition--such as Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore--while setting a precedent for a new kind of image-making in an increasingly hi-tech world. Doug Rickard (born in San Jose, California, 1968) studied U.S. history and sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the founder ofAmerican Suburb X and These Americans, websites that aggregate essays on contemporary photography and historical photographic archives.In 2011, his series A New American Picture was included in the annual New Photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. His work is represented in New York by the Yossi Milo Gallery and by Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco." Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 110231
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