In “On Fashioning Memory Lane: The Photography of Bill Yates,” I examine the black and white portraits taken at a Tampa, Florida roller skating rink in the 1970s. The essay explores E. B. White’s thoughts on time, the nature of nostalgia, Halston, Disney World, the U.S. space program, and the the influence of Walker Evans, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, William Klein.
On Fashioning Memory Lane: The Photography of Bill Yates
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