Silver + Chrome By Mitch Epstein eat by his formal intelligence

by his formal intelligence

Across mediums—painting

Coated with matte underglaze and acrylic paint

with a minimal palette of browns

a series of gouaches and dioramas

Silver + Chrome By Mitch Epstein eat by his formal intelligenceBetween 1973 and 76, Mitch Epstein (born 1952) photographed in American citiesNew York, Los Angeles and New Orleans, among others. He was initially shooting in black and white as a student of Garry Winogrand, when he asked his teacher, Why not color? With Winogrands blessing, Epstein shot his first rolls of Kodachrome. Silver + Chrome is a chronicle of his three years alternating between color and black and white, before eventually committing to