Michael Ormerod

Man Walking Past Parking Lot, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print

c. 1989

Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...

Man Walking in Front of Building, Houston is a Black and White photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper, in 24" x 34" in an edition of 10. States of America is the photographic legacy of one of the UK’s leading photographic talents whose untimely death in 1991 ended prematurely the highly promising career of a distinctive and powerful photographic voice. Michael Ormerod was born in Cheshire in 1947. He lived in Newcastle, but spent many years travelling America. Fascinated by the American image, and following in the footsteps of Robert Frank, Ormerod took to the American West to find a washed out dream of capitalism. His images capture a strange juxtaposition of an American beauty tainted by a hidden sense of menace and corruption. The photographs are understated, but show an unseen America, where the industrial heartland is decaying, highways stand empty and towns are deserted. The subjects of Ormerod’s work are the disenfranchised. A teenager cycles through her neighbourhood wearing a Halloween-style hockey mask, a Native American man stands in a graveyard, their expressions are unreadable. The work subverts traditional American icons. A white picket fence is staved in, a huge billboard for Miss Teen Dakota USA stands next to an empty highway. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign...

Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...

Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection. Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...

The nuclear center, vintage photograph is an original black and white photograph realized in 1980 by Agenzia Fotografica "Contrasto, F. Ponzio" With the stamp of copyright, hand-note...

Céline - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 Woman in black evening dress with bare back in a wild creek with rocks, grainy photograph. This image was cap...

Algeria, historical photograph is an original black and white vintage photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer. With the stamp of copyri...

Boys in lines of practice is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in the 1930s. With the stamp of "Gherlone, Torino" on the rear. Very Good co...