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Phil Bergerson has been a professor of photography at Ryerson University in Toronto since 1972. In his introduction, David Harris writes that SHARDS OF AMERICA is in the tradition of Walker Evans's "American Photographs"

Phil Bergerson has been a professor of photography at Ryerson University in Toronto since 1972. In his introduction, David Harris writes that SHARDS OF AMERICA is in the tradition of Walker Evans's "American Photographs". According to Harris, the photographs have been arranged to communicate, or spark, ideas about American civilization and culture. The "governing principle", per Harris, is "juxtaposition-the deliberate placement of two or more objects in close proximity for purposes of comparison.

Shards of America book. In Shards of America, Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has gathered richly detailed images from neglected corners of American's towns and small cities, and created a fascinating mosaic. Businesses, religious sects, and community groups announce their pr A shard is a fragment of broken pottery, often used by archaeologists to reconstruct objects from past civilizations.

In Shards of America, Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has gathered richly detailed images from neglected corners of American's towns and small cities, and created a fascinating mosaic.

A shard is a fragment of broken pottery, often used by archaeologists to reconstruct objects from past civilizations.

Phil Bergerson’s book Shards of America explores the culture of the United States through an investigation of. .

Phil Bergerson’s book Shards of America explores the culture of the United States through an investigation of its streets. In twenty years of road trips across America, Bergerson photographed window displays, everyday objects and street scenes in a formalistic, documentary style. The resulting book is a unique look at the things that make up American society. Although he is from Canada, Bergerson was drawn to photographing America because Americans seem to have no problem speaking what they think, at any time, and will actually put it out in public for all to see, and in my case, to photograph.

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Phil Bergerson’s book, Shards of America was published in 2004 by the New York Publisher – Quantuck Lane . Kodak Lecture Series.

Phil Bergerson’s book, Shards of America was published in 2004 by the New York Publisher – Quantuck Lane Press. Left: Phil Bergerson – New York, New York, 2001, American Shards, Right: Phil Bergerson – Richmond, Indiana, 1998, American Shards. Phil Bergerson taught photography at Ryerson University from 1975 until his retirement in 2005.

Phil Bergerson finds the answers in these snapshots of American places, things, and windows. Phil Bergerson’s images seen here can be found in a book entitled Shards of America. The United States of Burgers. Map of every stream in the United States. Punk Rock City USA (American Malls in the 1980s). Photos of American malls in the ’80s by Michael Galinsky.

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