May 12, 2009

American Suburb X


Speaking of treasure troves, American Suburb X, also by Doug Rickard (of earlier mentioned American Family X), is a curious collection of essays, interviews and photos. It's mostly photography, but not always. As evidenced by this reprint of an interview with my favorite painter, Edward Hopper. Not surprising, I have hunch Hopper is the great-granddaddy of all color photographers.

Anyway, the site is so dense, it will take me many idle days to get through the whole thing. Very daunting, but I suppose it will be very worth it if it's filled with things like these:

Narrative/essay for Todd Hido's Ohio.
Reprint of a Philip-Lorca diCorcia interview for his series, Hustlers.
Reprint of an essay on William Eggleston.

The joy.

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