All About Photo is pleased to present 'Lost America' by Matthew Portch.
All About Photo proudly presents an exclusive online exhibition featuring the work of the British photographer Matthew Portch. On view throughout September 2024, this captivating showcase includes twenty street photographs from his acclaimed series ‘Lost America.’
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66 Drive-In, MO
LOST AMERICA
'Lost America' examines a quiet stillness in a forgotten landscape that is, in a sense, ‘on pause.’ Backwater towns and rural corners are juxtaposed with the ambiguity of detached suburbia. Places appear frozen in time, their inhabitants absent or long since departed. Ardently stagnant in appearance, the spaces yearn to instill a melancholic feeling of familiarity. One might not notice the scenes when viewed within the vast stretch of America’s panorama. Yet, framed as a vignette, each could appear to echo a moment of mournful reverie and reflective contemplation.
Water Tower, NJ
Buried Car, CA
Payphone, NM
Law Office, NM
Prada, TX
Ford Drive In, Mi
Hoop By The Sea, CA
Tree Of Life, UT
Penitentiary Bus, La
Chevy With Flames, CA
Refinery Cemetary, LA
Picnic Stands, MN
Little America, WY
The Wall Frame, AR
House By The Canefields, LA
Empty Pool, CA
Paiute Drain, NV
Baptist Church, LA
Recreation Area, UT
The captions on these suck, but that seems to be the fault of the author, not the photographer. His website doesn't have any of these places actually named. I don't think "lost America" was a fitting title, but the goal of capturing liminal spaces was done well imo
The captions on these suck, but that seems to be the fault of the author, not the photographer. His website doesn't have any of these places actually named. I don't think "lost America" was a fitting title, but the goal of capturing liminal spaces was done well imo