Bruce Wrighton (born July 6, 1950 – October 3, 1988) was an American photographer who made work in and around

Binghamton, New York Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...

. Since 2010, two monographs have been published by the Berlin-based publishing house Only Photography – Roland Angst. His work is held in the collection of the

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, Los Angeles.

Life and work

Wrighton was born in Binghamton, New York. He worked as a photographer from 1986 to 1988 with an 8×10

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in and near to his hometown. Three series of photographs were made: one-time portraits, showing portraits of the inhabitants and the workers of

Binghamton Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...

with their furrowed faces and worn-out clothing. In the second series Dinosaurs and Dreamboats, he portrayed the classic American streetcrosses of the 1950s in front of the urban architecture of this time in Binghamton. The third collection of photographs of St. George and the Dragon shows the motifs found in Binghamton and its surroundings, such as churches, pubs or apartments. Wrighton died in 1988, aged 38.

Publications

* ''Bruce Wrighton, At Home''. Only Photography – Roland Angst. Berlin, 2010. . * ''At Home Reloaded''. Only Photography. Berlin, 2015. .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* ''Bruce Wrighton. At Home'', Galerie Robert Morat, Hamburg, Germany, 2011/12 * ''Bruce Wrighton. Downtown Men'',

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, New York City, 2014

Group exhibitions

* '' Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century'',

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, Amsterdam, 2014/15

Collections

Wrighton's work is held in the following permanent collection: *

, Los Angeles, CA: 8 prints (as of 14 September 2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wrighton, Bruce 20th-century American photographers 1950 births 1988 deaths