Traveling across the United States, the French photographer Emmanuel Georges went in search of the American dream. Using a large-format camera and a documentary-style approach, he captured the reality of America encountered during his journey. At the same time, his photographs reveal a finely tuned understanding of the poetry unique to these places. The result is a kind of photographic road trip of more than twenty thousand kilometers: from the former capital of the automobile industry, Detroit, to Butte, Montana, once a mining city and now half-deserted; through the Rust Belt from Pennsylvania to Arkansas,the formerly flourishing cities tell the story of the disappearance of a long gone economic boom . Georges’s recurring motifs—decaying façades of industrial buildings, garages, motels, movie theaters, store fronts—become iconic images of the American urban landscapes. Profoundly permeated by an omnipresent sense of melancholy, the empty streets, old cars, and abandoned gas stations are testimony to the end of the American dream.
Emmanuel Georges
Emmanuel Georges is a photographer and designer who lives and works in Strasbourg, France.
Emmanuel Georges, America Rewind
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