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20th Century Optimism

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Electrical Shock from Season's Gleamings, 2004, 10x8 transparency

We did a book once, Season’s Gleamings, and a film, Foot Massage,  about the optimism of the 1960s expressed through aluminum Christmas tree design and electrical devices, some made in our hometown of Manitowoc.  CBS Sunday Morning and The New York Times  covered it. Most Decembers to this day we get calls from writers to talk about the trees from publications like  Der Spiegel in Hamburg or Third Coast Digest Milwaukee. The trip continues.

The Garden

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Amber & Brad in Their Garden, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 2009

Amber & Brad in Their Garden, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 2009, 40x32 archival inkjet print

Gardens have been a favored location. While photographing Amber and Brad in their urban garden a couple summers ago, Brad turned his video camera on us to show the apparatus of our process then posted it on YouTube.

Real Photo Postcard Survey Project

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Ryan A. (6.17.2010)
Ryan A. (6.17.2010), 5.5×3.25 palladium postcard print

When we moved into our studio in 1989, Ryan was a kid playing in the side alley. Now he runs the Boarding House next door. He stood for a portrait the day Wisconsin Public Television documented us working on our Real Photo Postcard Survey Project. View the WPT segment here.

Rich with Airstream

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Rich in his Airstream, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 2008, 12x20 gum over platinum-palladium print

The Milwaukee Art Museum sent Dan Ollman to make a 2-minute video about us making this photograph with our 12×20 banquet camera. A dark cloud blew in while we worked and Rich told his story. View the video here on YouTube.