Commonplace

by David Plowden

David Plowden's eighth book is a careful and affectionate look at small-town and back-road America in the 1960s and '70s. Gorgeous reproductions. Plowden studied with Minor White and Nathan Lyons and in 1968 received a Guggenheim Fellowship. 119 pages; 95 full-page b&w photographic plates; 11 x 10 inches.

Genres: Photography

119 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

David Plowden is the author of more than twenty photography books, including Bridges: The Spans of North America, Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography, and Requiem for Steam. He lives in Winnetka, Illinois.

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