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DESCRIPTION:Photographers Bill Owens and Brian Ulrich on "The Aesthetics of Suburbia" 
 October 18\n\nSFAI Fall 2006\nVisiting Artists and Scholars Lecture 
 Series\nLecture Hall\nSan Francisco Art Institute\n800 Chestnut Street 
 Campus\n\nOctober 18, 2006, 7:30pm\nfree and open to the public\n\nSprawl, 
 Big box stores, and mall rats are ubiquitous aspects of American life, and 
 subjects that are increasingly common in contemporary photography. In this 
 presentation and dialogue, two photographers from different generations 
 will discuss their approaches to depicting suburbia.\n\nBorn in San Jose, 
 California in 1938, Bill Owens first made his mark by photographing the 
 cultural life of his Livermore neighbors. His work has since become a 
 landmark chronicle of the mid-century suburban explosion and a seminal 
 influence for an entire generation of American photographers. Owens has 
 enjoyed numerous solo exhibitions worldwide and has had seven monographs of 
 his work published, including Suburbia, 1973; Working (I Do It for the 
 Money), 1977; and Leisure, 2004. In addition, Owens founded Buffalo Bill's 
 Brewery and is the publisher of American Brewer Magazine. 
 www.billowens.com\n\nBrian Ulrich's large-scale photographs engage the 
 excesses and peculiarities of American consumer culture. The images from 
 his ongoing Copia series depict private moments in busy public environments 
 such as "big-box" retailers and thrift stores. Finding a mix of banality 
 and humanity in the interactions within these spaces, the images scrutinize 
 familiar rituals of consumption, while maintaining an essence of empathy. 
 Ulrich's work has been exhibited at numerous venues throughout the United 
 States including a 2005 solo show at The Museum of Contemporary Art in 
 Chicago. A book of Ulrich's s images will be published by Aperture in 
 2006.\nwww.notifbutwhen.com\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/28/18315363.php
SUMMARY:Photographers Bill Owens and Brian Ulrich on "The Aesthetics of Suburbia"
LOCATION:San Francisco Art Institute\n800 Chestnut 
 Street\n415.771.7020\nwww.sfai.edu
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/28/18315363.php
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