CV79-PORTFOLIO - Fred Herzog, The City’s Fabric

PORTFOLIO - Fred Herzog, The City’s Fabric

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For more than fifty years, Fred Herzog has roamed the streets of Vancouver. His camera dwells on the raw fabric of the city: second-hand stores, restaurants, storefront windows, barbershops, and vacant lots, and the people using those spaces.

The selection of images presented here stems from a body of work that comprises hundreds of images. All of theses works share a bold and innovative use of colour and attest to the artist’s interest in human interactions within mutating cityscapes.

Fred Herzog, Howe and Nelson, 1960; New World Confectionery, 1965; Black Man Pender, 1958; Elysium Cleaners, 1958; Hastings and Carrall, 1968; Magazine Man, 1959; Untitled, 2001; Second Hand Shop, Cordova St., 1961; Fishseller, 1958; Kuo Kong Silk, 1967.

Impressions jet d’encre / Inkjet prints 50.8 cm x 76.2 cm et 76.2 cm x 50.8 cm.

La rédaction · CV79 · Sunday, 01 June 2008 00:00
http://cielvariablearchives.org/en/articles-and-portfolios-cv79/portfolio-fred-herzog-the-citys-fabric.html

Colours of the City

CIEL VARIABLE 79 Été 2008 | summer 2008

Photographing the city and its streets over time, to detect traces of evolution, is a strategy that is still current. Here, it enables us to observe the survival of small businesses, the urban mutation of Vancouver, and the invasive illusion of advertising images. These contemporary ﬂâneurs have an inquisitive eye.

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