Michael Ormerod

The Palmist - Street photography, America, 20th Century, Robert Frank, Surreal

c. 1989

Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5 x 14.5" Sheet size: 17 x 24" "Wall of Fame, Nashville Tennessee...

Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5" x 14.5" Sheet size: 17" x 24" "Carousel, Coney Island NY" b...

Please bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. A dramatic Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper available in this size in an Edition of 10. The body of work, 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 bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5 x 14.5" Sheet size: 17 x 24" "Tattoo Parlour, New Orleans" b...

Edition of 10. Black & White print on Hahnemuehle Paper. The body of work, 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 bear in mind that all prints are produced to order. Lead times are expected between 15-20 days. Image size: 14.5 x 14.5" Sheet size: 17 x 24" "Skin the Wire...

Shot during the covid lockdown in June 2020, when nature seemed like the only safe haven. Printed on archival fine art paper, mounted on dibond aluminum with a float mount backing....

This is a black and white photograph of a flood zone. Four tree trunks can be seen rising from the water. Only the trunks are exposed in light, while the leaves and branches are kept...

Raoul Salan is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s. Good conditions.

Chris Smith (b.1937) Sparring silver gelatin fibre based print 20 x 30 in. / 34.5 x 48 in. / 46 x 66 in. signed and numbered printed later This work is available in the following si...

Chris Smith (b.1937) Everlast silver gelatin fibre based print 30 x 20 in. / 48 x 34.5 in. / 66 x 46 in. signed and numbered printed later This work is available in the following si...

Each Cabinet Card is unique, and the image above details the front and back of the card. A handmade display stand made by the artist is also available for $100 – please inquire if in...