[Work by northern Nevada photographer Erik Lauritzen, who passed away last year, is featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art]Stop the Car, Dad: Erik Lauritzen
June 28 – September 21, 2008
Stop the Car, Dad! consists of selections from Erik Lauritzen’s most recent series of color photographs taken during his automobile journeys throughout the Great Basin of the American West. From images of abandoned military installations in Nevada to roadside vernacular architecture in Utah, Lauritzen’s photographs remind us that even mundane places can be awe-inspiring and otherworldly. Although Lauritzen has yet to receive the broad recognition that he deserves, he has earned the respect of fellow photographers such as Morley Baer, who praised Lauritzen’s photographs for their “ephemeral and emotional spontaneity.”
[photo from NMA web site. Caption: "Erik Lauritzen, DJ’s Miniature Golf, Weed, Nevada, from the series Stop the Car, Dad, 1999, inkjet print."]
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