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Louis Stettner, Wisdom Cries Out in Streets, 1999,
Louis Stettner Early Joys, Janet Iffland, 1987.
Other impressions of this photograph are included in the permanent of MOMA, NY, Object Number 57.1994; ICP, NY, Accession No. 449.1982; Art Institute of Chicago, Ref. No 1990.116; Centre Pompidou, Paris, Inventory No 2016-466 and SFMOMA, #2018.307.
Louis Stettner’s Windshield, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1957 captures an everyday American roadside scene through the framework of modernist framing and geometry.
The composition uses the angled surface of an automobile windshield as a transparent lens, layering the reflection of the surrounding roadside landscape and architecture over the interior view. By collapsing physical space and reflection into a single plane, Stettner creates a complex visual interplay between the vehicle's industrial structure and the vernacular environment of upstate New York. The image reflects his ongoing investigation into the American landscape during the 1950s, balancing an informal, snapshot-like immediacy with rigorous compositional control.
Louis Stettner’s Windshield, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1957 captures an everyday American roadside scene through the framework of modernist framing and geometry.
The composition uses the angled surface of an automobile windshield as a transparent lens, layering the reflection of the surrounding roadside landscape and architecture over the interior view. By collapsing physical space and reflection into a single plane, Stettner creates a complex visual interplay between the vehicle's industrial structure and the vernacular environment of upstate New York. The image reflects his ongoing investigation into the American landscape during the 1950s, balancing an informal, snapshot-like immediacy with rigorous compositional control.
Louis Stettner, Wisdom Cries Out in Streets, 1999,
Louis Stettner Early Joys, Janet Iffland, 1987.
Other impressions of this photograph are included in the permanent of MOMA, NY, Object Number 57.1994; ICP, NY, Accession No. 449.1982; Art Institute of Chicago, Ref. No 1990.116; Centre Pompidou, Paris, Inventory No 2016-466 and SFMOMA, #2018.307.
