Michael Ormerod, Newcastle

  • British
    b. 1947-1991
    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    Crane Kalman Brighton 

  • Although British, Ormerod spent many years travelling America. Following in the footsteps of Robert Frank, Ormerod took to the American West only to find a washed-out dream of capitalism. His images capture a strange juxtaposition: an American beauty tainted by a hidden sense of menace and corruption.

''Ormerod was seeing not just America - the beautiful, the ugly - he was also on the lookout for the history of American photography.''

Geoff Dyer