Gary Briechle: Photographs OOP white sheets and old fishing

white sheets and old fishing nets were arranged with models

intuitive approach and possess a clarity and unpretentiousness characteristic of this unheralded photographic folk art

89 four-color plates

This artist-designed publication

These photographs follow the rodeo cowboy from town to town

Gary Briechle: Photographs OOP white sheets and old fishingOn the rocky coast of Maine, Briechle found himself driven to make pictures, using the wet plate collodion process, of the individuals who constitute his stand in family. "The last time I photographed Arizona (an eight year old girl that I've been photographing since she was one) I did what I always do: I taped a black Walmart sheet to the house, set the camera up on the tripod and got her to lean back with shoulders touching to steady herself. A