The Photographs of Doug Rickard

Detroit, MI. 2009. 2010
(http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/newphotography/doug-rickard/)

Doug Rickard (American, born 1968) studied US history and sociology, before moving to photography. He has drawn on this background in research for his series A New American Picture, which focuses on places in the United States where unemployment is high and educational opportunities are few. On a virtual road trip, Rickard located these sites remotely using the Street View feature of the website Google Maps, which has mapped and photographed every street in the country. Scrutinizing the Google Maps pictures, he composed images on his computer screen, which he then photographed using a digital camera. The resulting pictures—digitally manipulated to remove the Google watermark and cropped to a panoramic format—comment on poverty and racial equity in the United States, the bounty of images on the web, and issues of personal privacy.
His photos are now on view in MoMA's New Photography 2011 exhibition.

(Artlog)

Dallas, TX. 2009. 2010
(http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/newphotography/doug-rickard/)

Fresno, CA. 2009. 2010
(http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/newphotography/doug-rickard/)

Chicago, IL. 2007. 2011
(http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/newphotography/doug-rickard/)

New York City, NY. 2009. 2011
(http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/newphotography/doug-rickard/)

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