tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post6832033987016194828..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: American Prospects RevisitedBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-84936765209331719532009-09-28T08:06:39.175-07:002009-09-28T08:06:39.175-07:00I called the McLean, Virginia Fire Dept. and got a...I called the McLean, Virginia Fire Dept. and got a similar story. <br /><br />The lost Eden parallel is interesting, makes me think of Papageorge working during the same period.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-67429412535480426452009-09-27T09:15:27.588-07:002009-09-27T09:15:27.588-07:00I love my copy of American Prospects, I heard Ster...I love my copy of American Prospects, I heard Sternfeld talk about it in London once. He explained that the fire brigade were practicing and had been setting fire to that house and putting it out all day which explains the relaxed Pumpkin buying fireman in the foreground, he was probably just waiting for his turn on the hose. Sternfelds talk illuminated a number of other images from the book, he pointed out his little VW camper parked in a car park in one shot and explained his idea of America as a lost Garden of Eden, one shot even includes a hot tub with an apple tree and a 'hose pipe' serpent.Nick Turpinhttp://www.nickturpin.comnoreply@blogger.com