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‘Woolworth Shopper’, Binghamton
Bruce Wrighton, c. 1986 - before 1988
During the economic depression in the late 1980s Wrighton photographed in and around his hometown of Binghamton, New York. His portraits of rather uncharismatic Americans, old-fashioned automobiles, and stuffy diners are both colourful and cheerless. For Wrighton, taking photographs was an almost meditative activity and he was sometimes busy with a single shot for fifteen minutes. This portrait of a passer-by, with mismatched buttons on her coat, therefore seems both studied and alienated.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2009-251
- Dimensionsheight 254 mm x width 202 mm
- Physical characteristicschromogene druk