Woolworth Shopper and Tioga County Courthouse, 1987

BRUCE WRIGHTON: AT HOME

EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 26

Laurence Miller Gallery is pleased to announce the one-month extension of Bruce Wrighton: At Home, the most complete exhibition to date of Bruce Wrighton's powerful and uniquely American color images taken between 1986 and 1988 in and around Binghamton, New York. Seventy prints, including street portraits, tavern interiors, courtrooms, church confessionals, and cityscapes, will be featured.  

In the two years prior to his death at age 38 in 1988, Wrighton photographed extensively near his home, using a cumbersome 8 x 10 inch tripod camera. He would ask the most ordinary of people, from a Woolworth shopper to a security guard, to pose for up to six minutes while he got everything in his viewfinder correct. Combining a strong sense of formal design with empathy for his subjects, he produced a singular body of work that is a unique document of a slice of America.

We invite you to read The New Yorker's current review of the Bruce Wrighton: At Home exhibition