Chris Verene

Chris Verene is that photographer I mentioned in class on Tuesday, who is also a performance artist. He takes photographs of his family's rural Illinois hometown of Galesburg for the past two decades. The photographs are unstaged and reflect a simple side of American life that might otherwise pass by uncelebrated.

According to my professor, who told our class to look him up for next period, he pretty much sells out his family for money. And if he really does, he must be doing something right because that work has been shown in museums like the Met and the Whitney and are adored by a big audience.

Here's his website!