Lucas Foglia “Frontcountry”
Fredericks & Freiser Gallery
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Fredericks & Freiser presents an exhibition of photographs by Lucas Foglia. The exhibition will include twenty-one prints from his series Frontcountry and will coincide with the publication of his second monograph, published by Nazraeli Press.
Between 2006 and 2013, Lucas Foglia traveled throughout rural Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming, some of the least populated regions in the United States. Frontcountry is a photographic account of people living in the midst of a mining boom that is transforming the modern American West.
The cowboy might still be the enduring symbol of this rugged landscape, but Foglia’s uneasy relationship with the romanticism of the past is evident in his vivid images of ranching and mining towns today. Capturing both the landscape and the people, Foglia’s photographs are dynamic, heroic, and brutally honest.
“This little town has nothing. It’s dying on the vine. But when the company opens a mine here, it’ll bring jobs and make everything in town bigger and better. There are people who want that boost to the community. I’m not one of them. The mine will ruin this mountain and you’ll never find land this beautiful anywhere else.”
-Randy Stowell, photographed at Big Springs Ranch, Oasis, Nevada, 2012
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Schedule
from March 20, 2014 to April 19, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-03-20 from 18:00 to 20:00