Main entry:

Freund, David, photographer.

Title & Author:

Gas stop : the gas station in American life and landscape 1978-1981 / David Freund.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl, 2016.

Description:

4 volumes (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Notes:
From 1978 to 1981, David Freund analyzed the culture, architecture and landscape of gas stations in more than forty states. The photographs show customers and workers in postures and actions peculiar to gassing up, or just hanging out. Architecture and signage, both corporate and vernacular, beckon passing drivers. Regional landscapes hold and surround gas stations, each with its own landscape of designed plantings or scrappy volunteers. Stations were also outposts for American networks other than petroleum, seen in telephone booths, mailboxes and powerlines. These and all that surrounds them spark recognition and recollection, accruing as elements of a nonlinear American narrative.
Volume 1. Midwest -- volume 2. West -- volume 3. East -- volume 4. South.

Summary:

From 1978 to 1981, David Freund analyzed the culture, architecture and landscape of gas stations in more than forty states. The photographs show customers and workers in postures and actions peculiar to gassing up, or just hanging out. Architecture and signage, both corporate and vernacular, beckon passing drivers. Regional landscapes hold and surround gas stations, each with its own landscape of designed plantings or scrappy volunteers. Stations were also outposts for American networks other than petroleum, seen in telephone booths, mailboxes and powerlines. These and all that surrounds them spark recognition and recollection, accruing as elements of a nonlinear American narrative.

ISBN:

9783958291737 (set ; hardbound)
3958291732 (set ; hardbound)

Subject:

Freund, David Catalogs.
Freund, David
Service stations United States Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic Catalogs.
Black-and-white photography Catalogs.
Photography, Artistic.
Stations-service États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie artistique Catalogues.
Photographie en noir et blanc Catalogues.
art photography.
Black-and-white photography
Service stations
United States

Form/genre:

Black-and-white photography.
Catalogs
Pictorial works

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302311
Call No.: BIB 240592
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main 294752
Call No.: BIB 240592
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 302308
Call No.: BIB 240592
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 302309
Call No.: BIB 240592
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 302310
Call No.: BIB 240592
Copy: v. 4
Status: Available