Michael Ormerod Art
British, 1947-1991
Michael Ormerod was born in Cheshire in 1947. He lived in Newcastle but spent many years traveling to 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. Inverting the famous Hollywood sign, Ormerod photographs a Texaco sign from the back, dominating the empty, Western landscape. His photographs are those of the outsider, constantly traveling through a no-man’s-land. Ormerod’s book, States of America, was published shortly after he died to mark an exhibition held at the Zelda & Cheatle Gallery, London. Since then, only one major exhibition of his work has taken place in Sheffield in 2003. A reappraisal of his powerful and uncompromising chronicle of America is long overdue.
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Majorettes on Parade - Black and White Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Majorettes on Parade by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous s...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Bucking Bronco - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Bucking Bronco' is a black and white photographic print by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Michael Ormerod: Vanishing Point'.
Michael Ormerod w...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota, 1986 - Color Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota by Michael Ormerod is a stunning Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size.
Sta...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Guy with Beatbox - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Guy with Beatbox' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Mich...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Woman on Road with Police on Bikes Behind - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Woman on Road with Police on Bikes Behind' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper by Michael Ormerod in a limited edition of 10.
Featured in the 2024 posthumou...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Cowboy on Ranch with Cows - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Cowboy on Ranch with Cows' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibiti...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Woman with Ice Cream - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Woman with ice Cream' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, '...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Kids under Water Hydrant - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Kids under Water Hydrant' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibitio...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Drugs, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Drugs is a Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one of the UK’s leading photog...
Category
1990s Modern Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Guys on Shoreline under Brooklyn Bridge, 1989 - Black and White Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Guys on Shoreline under Brooklyn Bridge' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper by Michael Ormerod in a limited edition of 10.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
Guy with Beatbox - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Guy with Beatbox' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Mich...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Woman on Road with Police on Bikes Behind - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Woman on Road with Police on Bikes Behind' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in an edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Cowboy on Ranch with Cows - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Cowboy on Ranch with Cows' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibiti...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Water Trails Down Empty Street in Front of Water Tower - Black and White Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Water Trails down Empty Street in front of Water Tower' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the ...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Female Bronco Rider Close Up - Black and White Monochrome Large Photograph Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Female Bronco Rider Close Up' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhib...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Woman with ice Cream - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Woman with ice Cream' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, '...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Majorettes on Parade - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Majorettes on Parade by Michael Ormerod is an 8" x 10" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous s...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Bucking Bronco - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Bucking Bronco' is a black and white photographic print by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Michael Ormerod: Vanishing Point'.
Michael Ormerod w...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Rainy Drugs Sign, 1989 - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Rainy Drugs Sign' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper by Michael Ormerod in a limited edition of 10.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Micha...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Gas Station with Road, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Roadsign and Field is a stunning Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one of t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
American Legion on Flatbed Truck - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
American Legion on Flatbed Truck by Michael Ormerod is an 8" x 10" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 2024 ...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
The Open Road - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
The Open Road by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exh...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Female Bronco Rider Close Up - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Female Bronco Rider Close Up' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhib...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Young Navajo at Baseball - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Young Navajo at Baseball' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibitio...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Young Navajo at Baseball - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Young Navajo at Baseball' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Mi...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Gold Car, Butte Montana - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Gold Car, Butte Montana is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuehle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America:
The body of w...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Vanishing Point - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Vanishing Point' is a black and white photographic print by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Michael Ormerod: Vanishing Point'.
Michael Ormerod ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Roadsign and Field, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Roadsign and Field is a stunning Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one of t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Kids under Water Hydrant - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Kids under Water Hydrant' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibitio...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Giant Women Signs - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Giant Women Signs by Michael Ormerod is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuehle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America:
The...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Washington Monument Aglow - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Washington Monument Aglow' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibiti...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Washington Monument Aglow - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Washington Monument Aglow' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper in a limited edition of 10 by Michael Ormerod.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibiti...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Black Man Looking Out Bus Window - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Black Man Looking Out Bus Window by Michael Ormerod is an 8" x 10" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
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Black and White
The Open Road by Michael Ormerod - Vintage American Travel Photography
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'The Open Road' by Michael Ormerod is available as an 8" x 10" print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Mich...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Rainy Drugs Sign, 1989 - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Rainy Drugs Sign' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper by Michael Ormerod in a limited edition of 10.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Micha...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Black Man Looking Out Bus Window - Black and White Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Black Man Looking Out Bus Window by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 2024 ...
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20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Guys on Shoreline under Brooklyn Bridge, 1989 - Large Black and White Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Guys on Shoreline under Brooklyn Bridge' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper by Michael Ormerod in a limited edition of 10.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Deserted Streets with Shadows, 1989 - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Deserted Streets with Shadows is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuehle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one of t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Sandwich board in Street - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Sandwich Board in Street is a Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper available In this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a dis...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Boy and Men on Horses - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Boy and Men on Horses is a stunning Black and White photographic print on Hahnemuhle Paper, in this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
States of America is the photographic lega...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Sign by Empty Footpath, 1989 - Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Sign by Empty Footpath is a Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuehle Paper in this size of 20" x 24" in an edition of 20.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Water Trails Down Empty Street in Front of Water Tower - Black and White Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Water Trails down Empty Street in Front of Water Tower by Michael Ormerod is a black and white photographic print in this size of 24" x 34" in an Edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Two Run-Down Fashion Shops, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Two Run-Down Fashion Shops is a Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one of th...
Category
1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Man Walking Past Parking Lot, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Man Walking Past Parking Lot is a Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 10 in this size of 24" x 34".
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...
Category
1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Child with Mask, Hillrose, Colorado, 1989 - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Child with Mask, Hillrose, Colorado is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America is the photographic legacy of one...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Purple Door, Montana, 1986 - Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Purple Door, Montana is a Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in this size of 20" x 24" in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and ...
Category
1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Man and Red Arrow - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Man and Red Arrowby Michael Ormerod is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuehle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
States of America:
The body of work, States of Am...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper
Cars and Sheep, 1989 - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Cars and Sheep by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and powerful voic...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
American Legion on Flatbed Truck - Black and White Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
American Legion on Flatbed Truck by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 2024 ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Empty Town with Post in Foreground - Black and White Large Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Empty Town with post in Foreground by Michael Ormerod is a 24" x 34" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 202...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Vanishing Point, 1989 - Black and White Monochrome Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
'Vanishing Point' is a black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper by Michael Ormerod in a limited edition of 10.
Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Michae...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
African American Man on Street, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
African American Man on Street is a dramatic Black & White photographic print on Hahnemuhle Paper available in this size 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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Hobo on Bowery Street by Rollercoaster by Michael Ormerod is an 8" x 10" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Empty Town with Post in Foreground - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Empty Town with Post in Foreground by Michael Ormerod is an 8" x 10" black and white photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper from a limited edition of 10 prints.
Featured in the 202...
Category
20th Century American Realist Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White
Steppin' in High Fashions, Colorado, 1986 - Photographic Color Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Steppin' in High Fashions, Colorado is a Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle paper in this size of 20" x 24" in an edition of 20.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with ...
Category
1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Roadsign and Field, 1989 - Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Roadsign and Field is a Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in an Edition of 20 in this size of 20" x 24".
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and po...
Category
1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
The Palmist, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnmuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
The Palmist is a Black and White photographic print on Hahnemuhle paper, in this size of 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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Man with Newspaper, 1989 - Black and White Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Man with Newspaper is a Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper in this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and powerf...
Category
1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White
Man Walking in Front of Building, Houston - Black and White Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
Man Walking in Front of Building, Houston is a stunning Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper available In this size of 24” x 34” in an edition of 10.
Michael Ormerod was a Briti...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Michael Ormerod Art
Materials
Black and White, Photographic Paper
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