Common Places
Google Street View’s intent is to 'paint the world' with a resolution of 'about one pixel to one inch.' I associate this grand ambition with the urban expansion into nature captured by the 'New Topographics' photographers in the 1970s. Using Google Street View, I rephotographed Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places, 'revisiting' this once uncommon imagery that has now become common place, to experience the power of this ever-expanding technological imagery. This power, characterized by its indiscriminate recording of everything, is so calm, objective, and yet convinces people without question. Behind each seemingly mundane photo it produces is a brick in the construction of its vast empire of images.
1：Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, Califoenia
2：I-8, Yuma, Arizona
3：Sutter Street and Crestlline Road, Fort Worth, Texas
4：M1-2 Avenue, Galveston, Texas
5：Union Street, Rockport, Maine
6：Richland Mall, U.S.30, Mansfield, Ohio
7：PAYFAIR, Winnipeg, Manitoba
8：Main street, Gull Lake, Saskatchewan
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