Yann Gross
Yann Gross’ photos of tattooed bikers, cowboys, drag races, and Confederate-flag-adorned trailer homes are unnerving documents of the American experience. But his subjects aren’t American, they’re residents of the Rhone Valley in Gross’ native Switzerland. Judging from his photos, Europeans don’t necessarily look down their noses at the U S of A. Some of them actually celebrate it, blemishes and all.
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Belle said | 27 September, 2007
These photos are fantastic, completely blow me away, I LOVE them.
They are completely surreal, I try and imagine their native language speaking to me through them instead of the American voice one would assume they could have and it’s awesome!
So clear all their details, beautiful light too. The interior of the caravan is my favourite, the velvet couch seats and the simple rose…