Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America
Michael Ormerod — States of America

Michael Ormerod — States of America

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"The body of work, States of America, is the photographic legacy of one of the UK’s leading photographic talents whose untimely death in 1991 ended prematurely the highly promising career of a distinctive and powerful photographic voice.

 

Michael Ormerod was born in Cheshire in 1947. He lived in Newcastle, but spent many years travelling America. Fascinated by the American image, and following in the footsteps of Robert Frank, Ormerod took to the American West to find a washed out dream of capitalism. His images capture a strange juxtaposition of an American beauty tainted by a hidden sense of menace and corruption.

 

The photographs are understated, but show an unseen America, where the industrial heartland is decaying, highways stand empty and towns are deserted. The subjects of Ormerod’s work are the disenfranchised. A teenager cycles through her neighbourhood wearing a Halloween-style hockey mask, a Native American man stands in a graveyard, their expressions are unreadable."

CONDITION & NOTES Used / Exterior shows very mild signs of wear. The interior is in Very Good condition aside from the fly leaf which has traces of moisture damage, consisting of waviness in the page but no spots or marks. This only affects the fly leaf.
AUTHOR Michael Ormerod
TITLE States of America
TYPE Softcover
PUBLICATION YEAR 1993
EDITION First
LANGUAGE English
PUBLISHER Cornerhouse Publications
DIMENSIONS (APPROX.) 29 x 25 x 3.5 cm
STOCK ID BOO 1329 U