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Page, Arizona, August 1982 (Lone Horse)
Creator
Joel SternfeldAmerican Photographer · 1944–present
All works by this person →Joel Sternfeld is well known for large-format color photographs that extend the tradition of chronicling roadside America initiated by Walker Evans in the 1930s. Sternfeld's projects have consistently explored the possibility of a collective American identity by documenting ordinary people and places throughout the country. Each project he embarks on is bound by a concept that imbues it with subtl
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- negative August 1982; print August 1995
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- Chromogenic print
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In this image from Joel Sternfeld's *American Prospects* series, a corralled white horse in Page, Arizona regards the camera with an unnervingly human attention. Since 1978, Sternfeld has undertaken many photographic expeditions across the United States, focusing on the rural landscape and creating a photographic portrait of America often described as ironic.
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