In poorer regions like Dagestan
“he seemed to know that it was the inner moment I was drawn to and not his clown face or physical appearance
who taught responsibility and quality
We found a lot of photos I’d never really laid eyes on before
Fine Print: North and South Carolina. August, 2017 Paper size:30 x 40 in (76.2 x 100 cm) In poorer regions like DagestanOver the course of 15 years, Gregory Halpern photographed Omaha, Nebraska, steadily compiling a lyrical, if equivocal, response to the American Heartland. Halpern takes pleasure in cognitive dissonance and unexpected harmonies, playing on a sense of simultaneous repulsion and attraction to the place. Omaha Sketchbook is ultimately a meditation on America, on the men and boys who inhabit it, and on the mechanics of aggression, inadequacy, and power.