American Landscapes — Broomberg & Chanarin

NBC, CBS, UPN, ABC, FOX, HBO, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Toyota, Gap, Honda, Hummer, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48- x 60-

Guitar World, Jack Nicholson, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 40-x60-

Japan Airlines, Gap Kids, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

American Airlines, (3 brackets to exclude) American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Snoop Dog, Sylvester Stallone, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48- x 60-

American Airlines, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Cindy Crawford for Vanity Fair, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Good Housekeeping, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Beyonce, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Revlon, Paramount, Secrets Shampoo, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Jager, Glow by Jlo, Joes Jeans, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

US Army, Victoria's Secret, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

In Style, Maire Claire, Black Book, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Americas Next Top Model, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Heidi Klum, Volvo, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48-x60-

Cosmo Girl, Lexus, Viagra, Vogue, American Landscapes, 2009, C-type print, 48x60-

AMERICAN LANDSCAPES

American Landscapes takes the interiors of commercial photography studios across the United States as its ostensible subject. The artists reject the foreground and highlight instead the space in which images are literally “made.” In these occasionally abstract photographs the surfaces of walls, floors and ceilings junction along straight lines and parabolic curves to create the unspoiled white space known in the photography industry as Cycloramas. Broomberg & Chanarin refer to these spaces as ‘scenography for a free market economy’ or simply ‘Landscapes’. For just as the American West came to represent unbound possibility in the minds of early pioneers, so these studio walls act as a blank screen on which any sort of fantasy may be projected.

Installation shots