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Mike Brodie — #3069 from A Period of Juvenile Prosperity
Mike Brodie

#3069 from A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

A raw and intimate portrait of transient youth culture, Mike Brodie's *#3069 from A Period of Juvenile Prosperity* captures the gritty freedom of train-hopping life with an almost tender authenticity. Shot on film and printed as a chromogenic print in 2012, the image carries a warm, saturated quality that lends a sense of nostalgia and humanity to its wandering subjects. Brodie's self-taught eye transforms the margins of American life into something both documentary and deeply poetic.

Medium
Chromogenic print, printed 2012.

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Innovators of Photography: A Private East Coast Collection

October 8, 2015

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Mike Brodie, #3069 from A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

A raw and intimate portrait of transient youth culture, Mike Brodie's *#3069 from A Period of Juvenile Prosperity* captures the gritty freedom of train-hopping life with an almost tender authenticity. Shot on film and printed as a chromogenic print in 2012, the image carries a warm, saturated quality that lends a sense of nostalgia and humanity to its wandering subjects. Brodie's self-taught eye transforms the margins of American life into something both documentary and deeply poetic.

Medium
Chromogenic print, printed 2012.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Gritty Aesthetic, Warm Earth Tones, Youth Culture, Male Artist, Youth Subculture, Coming Of Age, Emerging Artist, Documentary Photography, Train Hopping, Gritty Realism, Contemporary Artist, American Photographer, Contemporary Era, Chromogenic Print, Portrait Photography, Nomadic Life, Warm Tones, Photojournalism