Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Carts #1, by Kate Bingaman-Burt

This week's photography edition is Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Carts #1 by the prolific and multi-talented Kate Bingaman-Burt. Kate's solo exhibition, Obsessive Consumption, is on view at Jen Bekman Gallery through October 27, 2007. This weekend, Kate will be at the gallery with 20x200 artist Michael Perry. Mike is the editor of Hand Job: A Catalog of Type, which includes work from KBB herself. Their artist talk and book signing is from 3pm-5pm, on Saturday October 20th.

We've created this edition in three sizes. All are printed with archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper.

200 of the smaller prints (8.5"x11"") are available for $20 each.
20 of the medium prints (17"x22") are available for $200 each.
2 of the large prints (30"x40") are available for $2000 each.

The shopping cart is a favorite subject of young photographers. Entire books have been devoted to these vessels of consumerism. The Hey, Hot Shot! panel keeps count of shopping cart photos when reviewing entries. (We usually hit the double digits.) Former panelist, and 20x200 photographer, Eliot Shepard advises against carts, gas stations and lonely parking lots as suitable subjects for aspiring entrants. As Eliot says in his treatise, it's not to say good photos of these things can be made, but rather that these subjects "place a greater burden on the photographer in terms of originality."

KBB came to be represented by the gallery via Hey, Hot Shot! Today's 20x200 edition was one of the photos she submitted. She distinguished herself, and her subject, by going to a shopping cart factory and shooting carts there. Here were a nearly uncountable number of carts, throwing a wrench into the panel's calculations. (It didn't hurt that it's a great photo too.)

I'm so glad to able to offer this photo via 20x200. It's always a heartbreaker when I see someone come into the gallery and fall in love with a piece of art, but they simply can't justify the expense. I've exhibited this photo on a few occasions, and several people have been disappointed to find it out of their reach. Now that it's freed from the walls of the gallery and reinvented as 20x200 edition, lots of people can live with lots of carts. And that makes me a happy gallerist.