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ZOE STRAUSS: 10 Years




Photo Booth




October 4, 2013

Zoe Strauss: 10 Years

The Magnum photographer Zoe Strauss’s mid-career retrospective opens today, at the International Center of Photography in New York. “Zoe Strauss: 10 Years,” is, in the words of the photographer, “an epic narrative about the beauty and struggle of everyday life.” Strauss provides us with an honest, uncensored view of economic and social realities in America. She often focusses on people on the fringes of society, or those who are “just getting by.” She began by photographing people in and around her Philadelphia neighborhood, and has since taken pictures all over the world, with an eye, she says to exploring “the strength in how we figure out our lives, and the truth of how sometimes we can’t work it out.” Strauss’s photographs are grounded in her clear-sighted empathy, which allows the viewer to feel like part of the exchange between photographer and subject.
Strauss bought her first camera at the age of thirty, in order to execute her a project she’d long been planning, “I-95” (2000-2010). Each year on the first Sunday in May, Strauss attached two hundred and thirty-one of her photos to pillars underneath a bridge on the I-95 highway in Philadelphia. The photos, which begin as color photocopies and progressed to ink-jet prints, were on view for three hours, after which they were free for the taking. This is not unusual for Strauss, who often displays her photographs outside of galleries—on billboards or projected onto buildings—to help her reach audience that might not see the work otherwise.

“Zoe Strauss: 10 Years” is on view through January 19, 2014. Here’s a look.


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  • “Woman with Red Hair and Green Bag, Madrid, Spain” (2009). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Toasting from RV, Philadelphia” (2008). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Two Women, Camden, NJ” (2006). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Blue and Red Motel, Philadelphia” (2008). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Bed in the Little Room, Philadelphia” (2001). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Benny Krass Jokes, Philadelphia” (2002). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Shot Appliances, Nevada” (2005). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Lake Photo at Diane and Art’s, Crystal, NV” (2005). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Half House, Camden, NJ” (2008). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Woman with Red Hair and Green Bag, Madrid, Spain” (2009). Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Mattress Flip Front” (2001). CourtesyInternational Center of Photography
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  • “Giant Mouth Pleasures” (2005). Las Vegas, Nevada. Courtesy the artist.
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  • “Daddy Tattoo, Philadelphia” (2004). Courtesy International Center of Photography.
Link: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/#slide_ss_0=1