Hitchhike

Henry Wessel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

80 Seiten

2024
Steidl Verlag
978-3-95829-569-8 (ISBN)

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In the fall of 1960 Henry Wessel left his family home in New Jersey to attend college in Central Pennsylvania. At the time, he had never been further west than Philadelphia. On Friday afternoons, to offset the daily classroom cadence, Wessel would pack a knapsack and hitchhike west. Once Saturday afternoon had ended, he would cross the highway and hitchhike back east, hoping to arrive in time for class on Monday morning. Though Wessel would not begin to photograph until years later, these early forays west planted seeds of discovery that proved fruitful for decades to come. Hitchhike is a westward journey from the grassy farmlands in the Midwest to the wide, open, dusty landscape further west. The sequence of photos draws from Wessel's 50-year archive and includes images of barns, gas stations, traveling salesmen, dogs asleep in truck beds, families eating in diners and open highways-all lit by bright western light, almost physical in its presence.

Born in New Jersey, Henry Wessel (1942–2018) was awarded two Guggenheim fellowships and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work is held in the permanent collections of major American, European and Asian museums, and his solo exhibitions include those at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Steidl has published many of Wessel’s books, including Waikiki (2011) Incidents (2013) and Traffic / Sunset Park / Continental Divide (2016).

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2018
Verlagsort	Göttingen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	297 x 290 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
Schlagworte	1960er • Highways • USA Mittelwesten • USA Westen
ISBN-10	3-95829-569-X / 395829569X
ISBN-13	978-3-95829-569-8 / 9783958295698
Zustand	Neuware