Mitch Epstein: Recreation or by selectively dwelling on

or by selectively dwelling on positive aspects of the place and its people to offset problematic stereotypes

and interpret memory and history in a region where the medium has failed to provide an equitable depiction of its people

Mads Joakim Rimer Rasmussen is a Danish visual journalist working on long-term projects and freelance commissions

large-format photography and portraiture

These pictures marked the beginning of his photographic inquiry into the American psyche and landscape that has now lasted half a century

Mitch Epstein: Recreation or by selectively dwelling onBetween the 1970s and 90s, Mitch Epstein photographed the rituals of excess and alienation, jubilance and desire that defined late 20th century America. These pictures marked the beginning of his photographic inquiry into the American psyche and landscape that has now lasted half a century. Recreation captures the vitality of modern America in a pre smartphone, less self conscious time. In these early works, Epsteins wit reigns, along with his