19 Best Photos of American Everyman

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

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American photographer Bill Owens was born on September 25, 1938. He began his career as a photojournalist in San Francisco in the mid-1960s. On duty, he often had to photograph in suburban areas and soon it became his hobby, to which he devoted most of his free time from 1968 to 1978.

We have collected the most striking photographs of Bill Owens from his first book called "Suburbia" ("Suburbia").

(Total 19 photos)

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

1. “At first I was shocked, as if from contact with a new culture,” Bill Owens later recalled, “I just wanted to capture everything I saw, take thousands of photographs.”

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

2. Created in 1972, "Suburbia" shows the life of ordinary American inhabitants. The author himself said: “What I liked was that no one was watching the parade. It's just that people are directly involved in it. Every resident took part in the parade, and in 10 minutes it was all over!”

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

3. The celebration of the "4th of July" - US Independence Day.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

4. "Car salesman." The photographer maintains a certain distance from the subject of his work, which is possible and keeps his work relevant after 40 years.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

5. "Then, after gathering my thoughts and feelings together, I decided to create a photographic document showing the life of the American suburbs."5.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

6. Bill Owens comments on behalf of the people in the photo: “We are truly happy! Our children are healthy, we eat well and we have a beautiful home.”

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

7. A series of photographs "Suburbs" vividly tells us about the concept of the "American dream" popular in the 70s - a worldview based on both patriotism and the spirit of consumerism.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

8.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

9. Children of the suburbs.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

10. Picnic on the occasion of Independence Day.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

11. “I love hosting parties!” 1971

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

12. Baby

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

13. The family is preparing to move.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

14. A popular way to get rid of unnecessary things is a garage sale, or "sale in the garage."

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

15. “Breaking glass is cool! We are doing a good job for the environment, and the Boy Scouts thank us for our work.”

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

16. "My father thinks it's a great idea to pick leaves from trees, but I think he's crazy."

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

17.

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

18. “In the evenings, we like to sit by the garage and watch what is happening on the street.”

19 Best Photos of American Everyman

19. "Gardeners"

Keywords: 70s | Book | Suburb | Photographer

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