"Untitled (man in car backseat)", 1950s; American; gelatin silver print; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of John R. and Teenuh M. Foster 299:2018
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In Search of America: Photography and the Road Trip
02/05/2025 - 19/10/2025
Saint Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive
Forest Park
MO 63110-1380 Saint Louis
www.slam.org/
The camera and the car revolutionized modern life in America and have been intertwined since the very beginning. This photography exhibition displays work by artists shaped mainly by car travel in the 20th century, exploring how the automobile and the road mediated what the photographers discovered. Themes include Depression-era documentary work, roadside culture, utopian impulses of escape, and fascination with the desert Southwest. Significant figures include Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, Robert Frank, and Lee Friedlander. Vernacular photographs as well as books will also be on view. The exhibition will include a significant display of work by Emil Otto Hoppé, whose 1926 travels generated the first comprehensive survey of the American landscape.
02/05/2025 - 19/10/2025
Saint Louis Art Museum
One Fine Arts Drive
Forest Park
MO 63110-1380 Saint Louis
www.slam.org/
The camera and the car revolutionized modern life in America and have been intertwined since the very beginning. This photography exhibition displays work by artists shaped mainly by car travel in the 20th century, exploring how the automobile and the road mediated what the photographers discovered. Themes include Depression-era documentary work, roadside culture, utopian impulses of escape, and fascination with the desert Southwest. Significant figures include Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, Robert Frank, and Lee Friedlander. Vernacular photographs as well as books will also be on view. The exhibition will include a significant display of work by Emil Otto Hoppé, whose 1926 travels generated the first comprehensive survey of the American landscape.