Getty Museum
Mahnomen County Fairgrounds, Mahnomen, MN
Creator
David HusomAmerican Photographer · 1948–present
All works by this person →> In the spring of 1978... I went to photograph an art deco gas station I had always liked. I was shocked to find it was gone; in its place was a rather dull looking office building. The experience made me very aware of the role photography could play in documentation. > > --David Husom Although David Husom documents a variety of subjects, he is best known for his photographs of fairground archite
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- negative 1980; print 1995
- Medium
- Chromogenic print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
>When I go to take pictures, it's an escape from crowded scenes. Particularly with these fairgrounds; it's like a whole city that's all yours. The birds and doors flapping in the wind are the only sound. I don't have people in most of my pictures because I want to get down to the basic elements that are at the site. >-- David Husom Set against the vivid, clear blue sky, this starkly simple white building appears archetypal in its symmetry. Windows and doors seem to be mere depressions in the facade, sealing the only practical means of exit in a once teeming fair building. Clouds emphasize the building's pyramid-shape, adding a surreal quality to the scene. This work is part of Husom's "Fairgrounds" series (1978-97), photographs of empty Midwestern fair buildings.
The authoritative record is held by Getty Museum. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Get printable QR codesHide QR codes
Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Getty Museum and other institutions.