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ARNDT, Thomas (Minneapolis, 1944)Man sitting on sidewalk. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1975
1975 - Firma e data a matita sul retro della foto (Signature and date in pencil on the back of the photo
Original silver salt print mounted on a thick havana brown cardboard passe-partout, as exhibited at the 824th Exhibition at the Galleria del Cavallino: ‘Thomas Arndt', Venice, 15 May - 9 June 1976
Cm 50,5x40,5 (Passepartout Cm 60x50) 23230 Agli angoli del passe-partout sono presenti due piccoli buchi risalenti all'allestimento della mostra del '79 (There are small holes in the corners of the passe-partout dating back to the 1979 exhibition) Ottimo (Fine)"The photographs in this series were taken in the central part of the United States known as the Midwest. I was born and raised in this area, so I am very familiar with the habits and customs of these people. I allow myself to become emotionally involved with the people I photograph. I do not analyze their personalities or moralize about their human condition. I try to photograph the dignity, joy, humanity, loneliness, suffering, and fragility of their lives." T. Arndt
Tom Arndt's photography belongs to the great classical tradition of American documentary photography. A resourceful street photographer, Arndt captures fleeting gestures and momentary juxtapositions between people and their surroundings, finding in them a sense of emotional or psychological depth. His photographs have been exhibited at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and other venues. His works are held in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.