The Dispatcher

The Dispatcher

Presidio, Texas, February 21, 1975 (detail)

New Topographics

Stephen Shore's original horizontal photograph (originally published in his seminal book, Uncommon Places, made with an 8x10 view camera, has been cropped into a vertical format for this cover. Additionally, through the magic of Photoshop and a design firm known as the Engine Collective, an orange 1965 Ford Mustang with a black trunk lid (the vehicle of choice for the book's hero) is seen burning rubber in what was originally a dirt-paved back alley, empty save for a black dog and puzzled-looking cowboy.
The Mustang is courtesy of Superstock.
To view an uncropped version of Stephen Shore's photograph, from the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, click here.