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On the midway, if an Oreo is good, than a deep-fried Oreo must be better; if fried dough is good, than fried dough with bavarian creme must be better. Its a very American idea: more is more.
It struck me as ironic that the offerings of these vendors stood in such stark contrast to the activities in the other half of the fair where produce and animals are judged. There, prizes may be awarded for the nicest tomato or the finest calf. This is where food really comes from.
But we go to the fair to have fun. We suspend our disbelief for the day, or those hours, and pretend that a drink that glows in the dark has something to do with food.
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- Categoría principal: Libros de arte y fotografía
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Características: Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
N.º de páginas: 78 - Fecha de publicación: sep. 03, 2012
- Palabras clave state fair, county fair, fair food, carnival food, food photography, color food, junk food photography, vermont fair, vermont state fair, ny fair, washington county fair, 1 week 1 book, schaub, leica, reportage, oneweekonebook
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One Week One Book is an experimental series created by artist Stephen Schaub in 2013. Each book was conceived of, executed, and sent to print in the course of a single week. A total of twelve books were made in the series. Documentary in style, they combine a visual wit with a strong aesthetic sensibility. Artist Stephen M. Schaub's works have been described as "art dreaming about itself." In them, rather than experiencing a literal place or a linear story, we encounter something akin to the fragmentation of an emotional memory- or the illogic of a dream. Depicting scenes of unresolved narrative, these images seem to have been subjected to the vagaries of perception and the passage of time. Schaub is an innovator whose works defy classification. In his Vermont studio he combines monumentality of scale with light-sensitive techniques and the presentation of works on paper, to create each singular, unique work of art.