Drugs, Michael Ormerod, 1989

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About This Piece

Drugs is a stunning Colour Print on Hahnemuhle Paper available in this size of 20" x 24" in an Edition of 20.

All prints are produced to order. Lead times between 5-10 days.

Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and powerful voice, whose career was cut short on 7 August 1991 when he was killed in a road accident on his last field trip to the USA.

Known for his striking and evocative images capturing American landscapes and urban scenes, his work depicted the raw, gritty reality of life in post-industrial boom America, but Ormerod was nonetheless able to capture the beauty.

The photographs are understated, but show an unseen America, where the industrial heartland is decaying, highways stand empty and towns are deserted. The subjects of Ormerod’s work are the disenfranchised, their expressions unreadable.

Since his death, Ormerod has received two posthumous solo exhibitions: the first, at the eponymous Zelda Cheatle Gallery in London, held to coincide with the release of his book 'States of America'; the second, held by Sheffield Graves Art Gallery in 2003.

In 2010, Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery mounted a solo exhibition of Ormerod's work. Since then, never-before-seen images have been discovered in Ormerod's archive, and together with Millenium Library and Ormerod's daughter, Ali, Crane Kalman Brighton was honoured to be able to present this entirely unseen selection of work by Michael Ormerod as the recent solo show 'Vanishing Point', which was held in October 2024.

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Period	1990 to 1999
Production Period	2010 to Present
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Vintage, Industrial
Detailed Condition	New — This is a new (unused) item of contemporary design.
Product Code	GRM-905666
Additional Information	Made to Order
Materials	Paper
Color	Blue, forest green, red, white
Width	61 cm 61 cm
Depth	1 cm 0.1 cm
Height	51 cm 50.8 cm

Shipping & Delivery

Manufacturing Time	2-3 weeks
Ships from	United Kingdom
Returns	Returns accepted within fourteen days of delivery, except for Made-to-order items

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