Chris Verene

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Chris Verene

I first saw Chris Verene's work when we showed his Galesburg series at ADA this summer. I was really drawn to it because of the kind of weirdness that his photographs have. In the series he documents his family in their rural hometown. His websites says about the photographs, "The simple color photographs are unstaged and reflect a plain yet beautiful side of American life that might otherwise pass by uncelebrated." His images remind me of my own family, in a way that is honest, embarrassing, and funny at the same time.