




I first saw David Bowman's images a while back when he did a wonderful series of images of the Mall of America in Minneapolis. Then today I saw these images over on Flakphoto and it brought him back to my attention. I grew up in Minnesota but never went to the Minnesota state in spite of the fact that it is the second largest state fair, and everyone else seems to go, I guess even as a child the idea of hot, and crowded never really appealed to me. lots of people have shot state and county fairs in a pretty straight forward documentary style to great effect, but it's kind of been there done that territory not that there aren't great stories to tell there with images but it's hard to see it in a different light. David Bowman has seen the state fair in a different light and it's a wonderful light, by using a long exposure and shooting at twilight he is able to achieve both movement and stillness in images that both tell a story and create a mood. Visit his site to see lots of really wonderful stuff, maybe it's the Minnesotan in me but I really connect with so many of his images, in spite of the fact that I haven't lived in Minnesota full time since 1989. David Bowman is a great artist with a camera. Also make sure you read his blog there are some great stories about the State fair and other images.
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