Barnett is a a pretty interestingly conceptual man. His series that caught my eye was his collection of photographs of what America perceives as museum/visitor centers. Barnett went around to about 120 of these historical places, museums, monuments and visitor centers through out the east coast-ish areas. an I think about this all the time, what constitutes as historical, and if we have a bunch of historical landmarks do they loose there appeal? I think its really rare what he was capturing in this series. Some of the items of the images collected together seem anything but important and "historical". His work is pretty good formally but his concept is what got me thinking the most.
Check out the whole series and other works of his at...
http://www.gideonbarnett.com/heritage-of-humanity/
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