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Photographs by Penelope Umbrico.
Aperture, 2011. 172 pp., 100 color illustrations, 9x10"
Penelope Umbrico: Photographs offers a radical reinterpretation of everyday consumer
and vernacular images. As the artist describes, she works “within the virtual
world of consumer marketing and social media, traveling through the
relentless flow of seductive images, objects and information that surrounds us,
searching for decisive moments—but in these worlds, decisive moments are
cultural absurdities.” Umbrico finds these moments in the printed pages of
consumer product mail-order catalogues, travel and leisure brochures, and
online sites such as Craigslist, eBay and Flickr. ...
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