Arles, France
1980 · Chromogenic print
Image: 19.5 × 24.3 cm (7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 24.4 × 25.4 cm (9 5/8 × 10 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Roger Mertin
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26
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41
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American Landscapes
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Photography for Collectors
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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Photography: New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
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Roger Mertin was an American photographer whose black-and-white gelatin silver prints documented the material landscape and social texture of postwar American life. He captured vernacular architecture, street scenes, and domestic interiors with a direct, unflinching gaze that resisted both sentimentality and formal abstraction. His work treats ordinary American spaces and objects as subjects worthy of sustained visual attention.
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Museum of Modern Art
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