Empty and Full

Le livre

One of the defining artists of her generation, photographer Catherine Opie (*1961) is known for her portraits and landscapes. Frequently she has combined these two elements by training her camera on how people occupy different landscapes-from high school football players on the field to ice fishermen on frozen lakes, to surfers waiting for the next wave. Recently, Opie has returned to the genre of street photography, elaborating on the relationship between people and place. This catalogue presents Opies photographs of recent political demonstrations and gatherings-ranging from the inauguration of President Obama to Tea Party rallies. Drawing on the long and august tradition of American landscape painting and documentary photography, like that of Berenice Abbott and Robert Frank, Opie gives us a view of democracy in action.