In the Vernacular
POSTED BY Katie R., ON April 26, 2010, 2 COMMENTS
Quote of the year: “I’m a very promiscuous photographer.”
Artist Martin Parr uttered these words during his conversation with Gregory Harris at the museum last month. Harris curated In the Vernacular, an exhibition featuring photographs that celebrate the everyday, the banal, the commonplace. These “vernacular” photographs elevate subjects like movie theaters, basketball games, and the beach and encourage us to reevaluate our relationship with these seemingly ordinary images.
The exhibition runs through May 31 and in addition to works by Parr, includes photographs from Walker Evans, Andy Warhol, and Lee Friedlander, among others.
I tend to photography ordinary things, too, to capture a moment in my life.
I really like what he says about taking pictures of ordinary things. I always wanted to take pics like those cool 70′s photo’s. But… maybe I should be focusing on taking those cool 2010 photo’s.
Nice interview thanks.