Postcards from Paradise

Exposición / Camera Infinita / Rua de Olivença, 6 – 1º Esqº / Almada, Setubal, Portugal
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Cuándo:
16 ago de 2017 - 31 ago de 2017

Inauguración:
16 ago de 2017

Precio:
Entrada gratuita

Organizada por:
Camera Infinita

Artistas participantes:
Sinziana Velicescu

ENLACES OFICIALES
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Etiquetas
Fotografía  Fotografía en Setubal 

       

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Descripción de la Exposición

2015 Postcards from Paradise explores traces of the American Dream along a highway in central California where gold mines were once prevalent in the 1800s. Once a major destination for idealists and dreamers, Owens Valley lies forgotten and empty. Now partially desolate towns were once given optimistic names such as Independence and Paradise, promising fortune for those who risked everything to pursue bigger dreams made tangible by the California gold rush. The reality, however, is that few settlers achieved any success from their endeavors, leaving empty handed with as much haste as they came in with. Today, little evidence is left of the Gold Rush Era, yet hints of a steady economic downfall permeates throughout the valley. My photographs attempt to bring out the various manifestations of this region, in a direct representation of old and new. Most importantly, the series calls attention to the carelessness with which Americans settled and subsequently gave up on the West, leaving behind a footprint on the landscape and ultimately exposing the myth of the American Dream.

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