The people's trust / Michael Vahrenwald, essay by Wolfgang Schepp.

[Place of publication not identified] : Kominek Books, [2021]

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm

Michael Vahrenwald (MFA, Photography, Yale University ; BFA, Fine Art, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art) is an associate professor at the University of Hartford, and is a photographer living in New York, NY. His work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum, the Carnegie Museum and, The Walker Art Center, along with numerous galleries around the world. Vahrenwald's work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, Flash Art, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Huffington Post, and El Croquis. He is represented by the commercial photography agency ESTO and is the cofounder of the press ROMAN NVMERALS. His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum in New York, NY, and the Nerman Museum in Kansas City, Kan.

"The People's Trust is a study of the changing financial institution, specifically the repurposed remains of 19th and 20th century banks across the United States. The monumentality of these neo-classical facades stands in contrast with their new roles as liquor stores, pawn shops, churches, department stores and pharmacies. The work is in keeping with Vahrenwald's investigation of locations where landscape, politics, and economics intersect, and poses questions as to what value can be derived from photographing the built world. In the case of 'The People's Trust,' layers of history and time are inscribed onto false fronts of capitalistic glory."

English

January 26, 2024

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pictorial works.