Roger Minick, Couple at Statue Liberty Island, NYC, 1998 Virtual Museum of Canada
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This photograph represents a couple at the Statue of Liberty Island. The Man holds a camcorder, while the woman looks away, smiling at the camera, with the Twin Towers in the background. Through casual connections, the artists exposes the banality of the interactions of locals with the sites that are geared to tourists, revealing the subtle ironies contained within.

Roger Minick, Couple at Statue Liberty Island, NYC, 1998   (96 KB)

Images in the Series: This photograph represents a couple at the Statue of Liberty Island. The Man holds a camcorder, while the woman looks away, smiling at the camera, with the Twin Towers in the background. Through casual connections, the artists exposes the banality of the interactions of locals with the sites that are geared to tourists, revealing the subtle ironies contained within.This image shows a couple interacting with the site around them, walking between two cars stuck in the sands, their backs towards the camera, at Cadillac Ranch in Texas.At Crazy Horse, South Dakota, hundreds of tourists are shown 'interacting' with their surrounding environment - taking pictures and walking around.A young African-American girl poses for the camera at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.A woman is shown from the chin down, wearing a red, sleeveless top and blue shorts, walking down the steps at this popular tourist destination, the Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona. In the background is a view of more tourists looking over a railing into the Grand Canyon.In this typical tourist photo, an overweight American Family poses in front of Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota. The Husband has a camcorder handing around his neck and the wife holds a camera. Each family member wears shorts and comfortable walking shoes.In this banal image, a woman stands in her creased pantsuit, hair protected by a scarf, with her purse hooked around her arm at Glacier National Park in Montana. In her hands she holds an old camera, and looks down into it, capturing her surroundings. Behind her is a building and mountains.In this image, the artist depicts a young man's interaction with a popular tourists site. He sits on his red bicycle, in shorts and t-shirt, looking out over Niagara Falls in New York. He is wearing headphones and casually leans against a set of coin-operated binoculars.

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