Bruce Wrighton
Clouds Restaurant, Broome County Airport, NY

ArtistAmerican, 1950–1988
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Clouds Restaurant, Broome County Airport, NY
Date1985, printed 1986–1987
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (19.7 × 24.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Hagefstration
Object number2024.812
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Few people had encountered the work of Bruce Wrighton when he died at the age of 38 in 1988. His documentary photographs of his hometown of Binghamton, New York, surfaced slowly in the following years, providing an intimate look at the small city during the economically depressed years of the late 1980s. Wrighton took all of his pictures with an 8x10 camera, a laborious tool that took 15 minutes to set up but resulted in crisp and detailed images that honor everyday moments and places.


ProvenanceJohn Hagefstration, Birmingham, Alabama; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, verso, top right: 57.33 // 518 ½
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center: BW – B - 9 001

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