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Doug Rickard (photographer)

December 15, 2023

Doug Rickard (May 27, 1968 – November 30, 2021)[1] was an American artist and photographer.[2][3][4][5][n 1] He used technologies such as Google Street View and YouTube to find images, which he then photographed on his computer monitor. His photography has been published in books, exhibited in galleries[6][7] and held in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[8] Rickard was best known for his book A New American Picture (2010).[9] He was founder and publisher of the website on contemporary photography, American Suburb X, and the website These Americans which published some of his collection of found photographs.[10]

Life and work edit

Rickard was born in San Jose, California and brought up in Los Gatos in the San Francisco Bay Area. His father was a prominent pastor and many family members were preachers and missionaries, with a "very Reaganesque, patriotic view of America",[11] a country "special and unique".[12] Rickard studied United States history—slavery, civil rights—and sociology, at University of California, San Diego, and "lost his faith in this family vision. His adult view of America was a land not just of great achievement but also of massive injustice."[11] At age 12 he witnessed his father having a secret extramarital affair, that years later in 1988 he confessed to his congregation. Rickard said this experience prompted him "to look for the fault lines in the American dream."[6]

He lived in Shingle Springs, near Sacramento, California.

Rickard was founder and publisher of the website on contemporary photography American Suburb X, which the British Journal of Photography considers "influential";[13] and the website These Americans, which published some of his collection of found photographs.[10]

His most noteworthy books are A New American Picture (2010, 2012) and N.A. (2013, 2014).

A New American Picture edit

For his series A New American Picture, Rickard "wanted to look at the state of the country in these areas where opportunity is non-existent and where everything is broken down",[11] where "the American dream was shattered or impossible to achieve".[14] It is said that this work comments on United States politics, poverty, racial equality and the socioeconomic climate, class; the use of technology in art, privacy, surveillance, and the large quantity of images on the web.[15][16] Rickard said A New American Picture was about America and not about Google Street View.

He began work on A New American Picture in 2008, whilst working a day job in software sales at Cisco Systems.[6] Rickard was at his computer nightly for over three years, taking 10,000 to 15,000 photographs, choosing about 80 for the series.[7] He used a digital camera on a tripod to photograph[16][17] a dedicated screen that mirrored a second screen that he used to navigate.[4] He digitally manipulated the images to remove Google's watermark and crop extraneous information,[15] resulting in a wide image from the wide screen computer monitor.

He cited as influences the photobooks American Photographs (1938) by Walker Evans, The Americans (1958) by Robert Frank, Uncommon Places (1982) by Stephen Shore and American Night (2003) by Paul Graham.[17]

The work was first exhibited as part of Anonymes: Unnamed American in Photography and Film, curated by David Campany and Diane Dufour at Le Bal, Paris, in 2010.[18] To mark that occasion Rickard produced the first edition of the book, with the publisher White Press.[18] Its first American museum show was at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2011.[6]

Parr and Badger include the book in the third volume of their photobook history.[19]

N.A. edit

N.A. is a body of work photographed from YouTube videos, which he began working with in 2008 to 2009.[20] The series portrays scenes of violence and crime in urban settings, often filmed on mobile devices. The title of the work is meant to be National Anthem, but is a deliberate reference and double meaning for 'N/A' (Not Applicable) as appears on forms, to signify that he considers many of the people depicted in the series are marginalized. "I came to the understanding pretty quickly that social media and the internet put into place a real predatory dynamic, where basically it motivated people to take video of other people to put up on YouTube to get shares, likes or comments."[20]

Death edit

Rickard died on November 30, 2021.[21]

Publications edit

Books of work by Rickard edit

  • A New American Picture.
    • Cologne: White / Schaden, 2010. Edition of 200 copies. With text by Rickard and Helge Schlaghecke. Includes 69 photographs.
    • Larger format, expanded edition. New York: Aperture; Berlin: Koenig, 2012. ISBN 978-1-59711-219-2. With an introductory essay by David Campany, "In the Frame", and a transcript of a conversation between Rickard and Erin O'Toole. Includes 79 photographs.
  • Tom. Los Angeles: Little Big Man, 2013. Edition of 300 copies.
  • All Eyes on me. One Picture Book 86. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2014. ISBN 9781590054154. Edition of 500 copies.
  • Patriot Act. London: Wild Life, 2014. OCLC 911411734.
  • N.A.

Books with others edit

Exhibitions edit

Solo exhibitions edit

  • 2012: Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, 2012[22]

Exhibitions with others edit

Collections edit

Rickard's work is held in the following permanent collections:

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Critics are divided on whether to consider him an artist or a photographer. Rickard described himself as "an artist working with digital technologies".

References edit

  1. ^ "Douglas Rickard Obituary - Placerville, CA". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  2. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (23 May 2012). "Mishka Henner's erased images: art or insult?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ^ Jörg Colberg (23 May 2011). "Google Street View getting interesting". Conscientious. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b Grow, Krystal (3 November 2014). "Explore the Dark Side of YouTube with Artist Doug Rickard". Time. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ Burnett, David (29 October 2012). "Call it Art. Or, Don't!". The Photo Society. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d Gamerman, Ellen (12 September 2013). "The Fine Art of Spying". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b Moakley, Paul (24 October 2012). "Street View and Beyond: Google's Influence on Photography". Time. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Doug Rickard: American: 1968, San Jose, California". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  9. ^ Renstrom, Elizabeth (17 September 2015). "Doug Rickard Documents America Through Recreated Snippets of YouTube Videos". Vice. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  10. ^ a b Klapheke, Rachelle (26 October 2012). "Doug Rickard's Street View". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Appleyard, Bryan (11 December 2011). "Google Street View as Art". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  12. ^ Foster, John. "A New American Picture: Doug Rickard and Street Photography in the Age of Google". Design Observer Group. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  13. ^ a b Smyth, Diane (2010). "The View from the Streets". British Journal of Photography. Incisive Financial Publishing Limited. 157 (7783): 58–61.
  14. ^ Hoby, Hermione (14 July 2012). "Google muse: the new breed of street photographers". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  15. ^ a b "New Photography 2011: Doug Rickard". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  16. ^ a b Rosenberg, David (5 June 2013). "A Portrait of American Life on Google Street View". Slate. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  17. ^ a b Jackie Higgins (2014). The World Atlas of Street Photography. Yale University Press. pp. 76–82. ISBN 978-0-300-20716-3.
  18. ^ a b David Campany (21 June 2012). "'In the Frame' Doug Rickard: A New American Picture, Aperture, 2012". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  19. ^ Parr, Martin, Badger, Gerry (2014). The Photobook: A History Volume III. London: Phaidon. pp. 310–311. ISBN 9780714866772.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ a b Matthews, Katherine Oktober (December 2, 2015). "Likes Will Tear Us Apart: An Interview with Doug Rickard". GUP Magazine.
  21. ^ "Doug Rickard Death, American Suburb X founder & artist is dead". InsideEko.com. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  22. ^ "Doug Rickard: A New American Picture". Yossi Milo Gallery. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  23. ^ . Le Bal. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  24. ^ "New Photography 2011". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  25. ^ "A photographic 'Street View' tour of America". CNN. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  26. ^ Brook, Pete (12 November 2013). "Take It From a Publishing Pro: The Photobook Format Is Up for Grabs". Wired. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  27. ^ Renstrom, Elizabeth (16 October 2012). "Remixed, a New Take on Aperture Classics". Time. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  28. ^ "Aperture Remix". Aperture Foundation. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  29. ^ Stone, Tim (17 May 2013). "A New American Picture: Doug Rickard's Google Street View road-trip". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  30. ^ "Doug Rickard". Stills Gallery. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  31. ^ . Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  32. ^ "Photography Collections Database: Record Detail)". Harry Ransom Center. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  33. ^ "#83.016417, Detroit, MI, from the "A New American Picture" series)". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  34. ^ . Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  35. ^ "Doug Rickard: American, born 1968". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  36. ^ . Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  37. ^ "Search results - NYPL Digital Collections". New York Public Library. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  38. ^ "5 results for "doug rickard"". Yale University Art Gallery. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • American Suburb X
  • These Americans
  • Interview on GUP Magazine ("Likes Will Tear Us Apart: An Interview with Doug Rickard", GUP Magazine, December 2, 2015)

December 15, 2023
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Doug Rickard May 27 1968 November 30 2021 1 was an American artist and photographer 2 3 4 5 n 1 He used technologies such as Google Street View and YouTube to find images which he then photographed on his computer monitor His photography has been published in books exhibited in galleries 6 7 and held in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 8 Rickard was best known for his book A New American Picture 2010 9 He was founder and publisher of the website on contemporary photography American Suburb X and the website These Americans which published some of his collection of found photographs 10 Contents 1 Life and work 1 1 A New American Picture 1 2 N A 2 Death 3 Publications 3 1 Books of work by Rickard 3 2 Books with others 4 Exhibitions 4 1 Solo exhibitions 4 2 Exhibitions with others 5 Collections 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksLife and work editRickard was born in San Jose California and brought up in Los Gatos in the San Francisco Bay Area His father was a prominent pastor and many family members were preachers and missionaries with a very Reaganesque patriotic view of America 11 a country special and unique 12 Rickard studied United States history slavery civil rights and sociology at University of California San Diego and lost his faith in this family vision His adult view of America was a land not just of great achievement but also of massive injustice 11 At age 12 he witnessed his father having a secret extramarital affair that years later in 1988 he confessed to his congregation Rickard said this experience prompted him to look for the fault lines in the American dream 6 He lived in Shingle Springs near Sacramento California Rickard was founder and publisher of the website on contemporary photography American Suburb X which the British Journal of Photography considers influential 13 and the website These Americans which published some of his collection of found photographs 10 His most noteworthy books are A New American Picture 2010 2012 and N A 2013 2014 A New American Picture edit For his series A New American Picture Rickard wanted to look at the state of the country in these areas where opportunity is non existent and where everything is broken down 11 where the American dream was shattered or impossible to achieve 14 It is said that this work comments on United States politics poverty racial equality and the socioeconomic climate class the use of technology in art privacy surveillance and the large quantity of images on the web 15 16 Rickard said A New American Picture was about America and not about Google Street View He began work on A New American Picture in 2008 whilst working a day job in software sales at Cisco Systems 6 Rickard was at his computer nightly for over three years taking 10 000 to 15 000 photographs choosing about 80 for the series 7 He used a digital camera on a tripod to photograph 16 17 a dedicated screen that mirrored a second screen that he used to navigate 4 He digitally manipulated the images to remove Google s watermark and crop extraneous information 15 resulting in a wide image from the wide screen computer monitor He cited as influences the photobooks American Photographs 1938 by Walker Evans The Americans 1958 by Robert Frank Uncommon Places 1982 by Stephen Shore and American Night 2003 by Paul Graham 17 The work was first exhibited as part of Anonymes Unnamed American in Photography and Film curated by David Campany and Diane Dufour at Le Bal Paris in 2010 18 To mark that occasion Rickard produced the first edition of the book with the publisher White Press 18 Its first American museum show was at New York s Museum of Modern Art in 2011 6 Parr and Badger include the book in the third volume of their photobook history 19 N A edit N A is a body of work photographed from YouTube videos which he began working with in 2008 to 2009 20 The series portrays scenes of violence and crime in urban settings often filmed on mobile devices The title of the work is meant to be National Anthem but is a deliberate reference and double meaning for N A Not Applicable as appears on forms to signify that he considers many of the people depicted in the series are marginalized I came to the understanding pretty quickly that social media and the internet put into place a real predatory dynamic where basically it motivated people to take video of other people to put up on YouTube to get shares likes or comments 20 Death editRickard died on November 30 2021 21 Publications editBooks of work by Rickard edit A New American Picture Cologne White Schaden 2010 Edition of 200 copies With text by Rickard and Helge Schlaghecke Includes 69 photographs Larger format expanded edition New York Aperture Berlin Koenig 2012 ISBN 978 1 59711 219 2 With an introductory essay by David Campany In the Frame and a transcript of a conversation between Rickard and Erin O Toole Includes 79 photographs Tom Los Angeles Little Big Man 2013 Edition of 300 copies All Eyes on me One Picture Book 86 Portland OR Nazraeli 2014 ISBN 9781590054154 Edition of 500 copies Patriot Act London Wild Life 2014 OCLC 911411734 N A Cologne White 2013 Edition of 200 copies Dortmund Kettler New York Distributed Art Publishers 2014 English language version ISBN 978 1938922626 German language version ISBN 978 3 86206 345 1 With a text by Zaha Redman and a poem by Ann Garlid Books with others edit Aperture Remix New York Aperture 2012 A series of books made in homage to another Aperture publication each in an edition of 5 copies Rickard s was a response to Uncommon Places by Stephen Shore The other publications were by Rinko Kawauchi Vik Muniz Alec Soth Taiyo Onorato amp Nico Krebs Martin Parr Viviane Sassen Penelope Umbrico and James Welling Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Aperture Remix A New American Picture Nazraeli Press Six by Six set 4 v 5 Portland OR Nazraeli 2012 ISBN 9781590053607 Edition of 100 copies The other volumes are by Robert and Kerstin Adams Edward Burtynsky Kenro Izu Catherine Opie and Issei Suda Staking Claim a California Invitational San Francisco Modernbook 2013 OCLC 867793604 With a foreword by Deborah Klochko and essays by Chantel Paul Garden State and Colin Westerbeck All together now Themes and Shared Concerns in Staking Claim a California Invitational Photographs by Rickard as well as Matthew Brandt Susan Burnstine Eric William Carroll John Chiara Chris Engman Robbert Flick Todd Hido Siri Kaur Mona Kuhn Matt Lipps David Maisel Klea McKenna Mark Ruwedel Paul Schiek and Christina Seely Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego CA The World Atlas of Street Photography New Haven and London Yale University 2014 ISBN 978 0 300 20716 3 Edited by Jackie Higgins With a foreword by Max Kozloff Exhibitions editSolo exhibitions edit 2012 Yossi Milo Gallery New York 2012 22 Exhibitions with others edit 2010 Anonymes L Amerique sans nom Photographie et Cinema Anonymous Unnamed America in Photography and Film Le Bal Paris 2010 23 A thematic exhibition with works by Rickard as well as Jeff Wall Walker Evans Chauncey Hare Lewis Baltz Standish Lawder Sharon Lockhart Anthony Hernandez Arianna Arcara amp Luca Santese and Bruce Gilden Curated by Diane Dufour and David Campany 13 2011 2012 New Photography 2011 Museum of Modern Art New York 2011 12 Photographs by Rickard and Moyra Davey George Georgiou Deana Lawson Viviane Sassen and Zhang Dali 24 25 2012 Publicly Private Enrico Natali and Doug Rickard Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara CA 2012 Enrico Natali s New York Subway 1960 and Rickard s A New American Picture Curated by Karen Sinsheimer citation needed 2012 Aperture Remix Aperture Gallery New York 2012 26 Curated by Lesley A Martin with work by Rickard as well as Rinko Kawauchi Vik Muniz Alec Soth Taiyo Onorato amp Nico Krebs Martin Parr Viviane Sassen Penelope Umbrico and James Welling 27 Toured to David Owsley Museum of Art Ball State University Muncie IN 2014 Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego CA 2014 28 2013 Tim Hetherington and Doug Rickard Stills Gallery Sydney 2013 Rickard s A New American Picture was shown alongside Tim Hetherington s Afghanistan 29 30 2013 14 Staking Claim a California Invitational Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego CA 2013 14 citation needed Collections editRickard s work is held in the following permanent collections Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Vassar College Poughkeepsie NY 31 Harry Ransom Center University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 32 Museum of Contemporary Photography Columbia College Chicago IL 33 Museum of Fine Arts Houston TX 34 Museum of Modern Art New York 35 Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City MO 36 New York Public Library New York NY 37 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco CA 8 Yale University Art Gallery New Haven CT 38 See also editMishka Henner Jon Rafman Michael WolfNotes edit Critics are divided on whether to consider him an artist or a photographer Rickard described himself as an artist working with digital technologies References edit Douglas Rickard Obituary Placerville CA Dignity Memorial Retrieved 2022 02 04 O Hagan Sean 23 May 2012 Mishka Henner s erased images art or insult The Guardian London Retrieved 26 October 2015 Jorg Colberg 23 May 2011 Google Street View getting interesting Conscientious Retrieved 28 October 2015 a b Grow Krystal 3 November 2014 Explore the Dark Side of YouTube with Artist Doug Rickard Time Retrieved 27 October 2015 Burnett David 29 October 2012 Call it Art Or Don t The Photo Society Retrieved 8 November 2015 a b c d Gamerman Ellen 12 September 2013 The Fine Art of Spying The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 26 October 2015 a b Moakley Paul 24 October 2012 Street View and Beyond Google s Influence on Photography Time Retrieved 26 October 2015 a b Doug Rickard American 1968 San Jose California San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Retrieved 8 November 2015 Renstrom Elizabeth 17 September 2015 Doug Rickard Documents America Through Recreated Snippets of YouTube Videos Vice Retrieved 27 October 2015 a b Klapheke Rachelle 26 October 2012 Doug Rickard s Street View The New Yorker Retrieved 26 October 2015 a b c Appleyard Bryan 11 December 2011 Google Street View as Art The Sunday Times London Archived from the original on 20 September 2016 Retrieved 20 September 2016 Foster John A New American Picture Doug Rickard and Street Photography in the Age of Google Design Observer Group Retrieved 8 November 2015 a b Smyth Diane 2010 The View from the Streets British Journal of Photography Incisive Financial Publishing Limited 157 7783 58 61 Hoby Hermione 14 July 2012 Google muse the new breed of street photographers The Guardian Retrieved 26 October 2015 a b New Photography 2011 Doug Rickard Museum of Modern Art Retrieved 8 November 2015 a b Rosenberg David 5 June 2013 A Portrait of American Life on Google Street View Slate Retrieved 27 October 2015 a b Jackie Higgins 2014 The World Atlas of Street Photography Yale University Press pp 76 82 ISBN 978 0 300 20716 3 a b David Campany 21 June 2012 In the Frame Doug Rickard A New American Picture Aperture 2012 Retrieved 8 November 2015 Parr Martin Badger Gerry 2014 The Photobook A History Volume III London Phaidon pp 310 311 ISBN 9780714866772 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b Matthews Katherine Oktober December 2 2015 Likes Will Tear Us Apart An Interview with Doug Rickard GUP Magazine Doug Rickard Death American Suburb X founder amp artist is dead InsideEko com 3 February 2022 Retrieved 2022 02 04 Doug Rickard A New American Picture Yossi Milo Gallery Retrieved 26 October 2015 Anonymes L Amerique sans nom photographie et cinema Le Bal Archived from the original on 20 March 2015 Retrieved 13 March 2015 New Photography 2011 Museum of Modern Art Retrieved 26 October 2015 A photographic Street View tour of America CNN 28 November 2011 Retrieved 27 October 2015 Brook Pete 12 November 2013 Take It From a Publishing Pro The Photobook Format Is Up for Grabs Wired Retrieved 27 October 2015 Renstrom Elizabeth 16 October 2012 Remixed a New Take on Aperture Classics Time Retrieved 27 October 2015 Aperture Remix Aperture Foundation Retrieved 27 October 2015 Stone Tim 17 May 2013 A New American Picture Doug Rickard s Google Street View road trip Australian Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 8 November 2015 Doug Rickard Stills Gallery Retrieved 8 November 2015 Doug Rickard Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Archived from the original on 1 February 2016 Retrieved 22 January 2016 Photography Collections Database Record Detail Harry Ransom Center Retrieved 22 January 2016 83 016417 Detroit MI from the A New American Picture series Museum of Contemporary Photography Retrieved 22 January 2016 Doug Rickard 82 948842 Detroit MI 2009 Museum of Fine Arts Houston Archived from the original on 29 January 2016 Retrieved 22 January 2016 Doug Rickard American born 1968 Museum of Modern Art Retrieved 22 January 2016 Displaying records 1 3 from the 3 total records Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Archived from the original on 8 May 2017 Retrieved 22 January 2016 Search results NYPL Digital Collections New York Public Library Retrieved 22 January 2016 5 results for doug rickard Yale University Art Gallery Retrieved 22 January 2016 External links editOfficial website American Suburb X These Americans Interview on GUP Magazine Likes Will Tear Us Apart An Interview with Doug Rickard GUP Magazine December 2 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Doug Rickard photographer amp oldid 1107294417, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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