“Winners” series

"Winners" #1

"Winners" #2

"Winners" #3

"Winners" #4

"Winners" #5

"Winners" #6

"Winners" #7

"Winners" #8

"Winners" #9

"Winners" #10

"Winners" USC Gallery , 2004

20x24 Polaroid Camera set up NY City, 1998

20x24 Polaroid Camera, John Reuter pulls print 1998

An old photograph of a Billboard with a group of images pinned to it intrigued me, the caption indicated they were pictures of “Winners” of Beauty Contests in small Towns across America. They were selected to compete for a chance to realize their imaginings of success in Hollywood. Enlarged and re-printed from Paper negatives they now become icons of lost youth and aspiration. They tell a new story of youthful dreams unrealized and vanished desires.

1998

20x24 Polaroids / Assistance of Polaroid Corporation