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Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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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Artist: Michael Ormerod
Girl Blowing Bubble Gum, Wall, South Dakota, 1986 - Color Photographic Print
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Drugs, 1989 - Color Photographic Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
By Michael Ormerod
Located in Brighton, GB
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1990s Modern Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Color, Photographic Paper

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...
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Deserted Streets with Shadows, 1989 - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
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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...
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Color, Photographic Paper

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...
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1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

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...
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Color, Photographic Paper

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...
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1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Steppin' in High Fashions, Colorado, 1986 - Photographic Color Print
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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 ...
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1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Giant Women Signs - Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

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...
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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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...
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

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 ...
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1980s Modern Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

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...
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1980s Contemporary Michael Ormerod Color Photography

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Color, Photographic Paper

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