BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220806T190000Z DTEND:20220904T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Exhibition: Auto America\, Car Culture 1950s-1970s DESCRIPTION:Photography Exhibition and Book Launch: \n\nAuto America\, Car Culture 1950s-1970s\n\nPhotographs by John G. Zimmerman\n\nAugust 6 September 4\, 2022\n\nPublic Opening Reception: August 6\, 4:00pm 6:00pm\n\n\n\nAuto America offers a compelling look at three decades (1950s-1970s) of America's fascination with the automobile. At a time when self-driving vehicles and climate change are transforming driving around the world\, John G. Zimmerman's pictures capture the optimism and even utopianism of a beloved period in American car culture. The exhibition will feature 45+ photographic prints from the new monograph\, Auto America (Rizzoli\, 2022)\, and will coincide with Monterey Car Week and the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.\n\nMany of Zimmerman's photographs were originally taken for LIFE\, Time\, and Sports Illustrated magazines and highlight diverse aspects of America's auto industry at its zenith\; they feature not only iconic cars of the period\, which Zimmerman chronicled comprehensively at car shows and in studio assignments\, but also a behind-the-scenes look at the people who designed\, built\, collected\, exhibited\, and raced them.\n\nThe exhibition celebrates the Rizzoli published book launch of Auto America which consists of approx. 224 pages and almost 200 photographs drawing on the Zimmerman Archive's collection including his best-known photographs of Fords\, Chryslers\, and GMs in their heyday alongside ephemera\, tear sheets\, and outtakes from his assignments. The book celebrates the automobile's central place in American culture during those decades when the timeless silhouettes of classic cars ruled the roads. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Photography Exhibition and Book Launch: \;
\nAuto America\, Car Culture 1950s-1970s
\nPhotographs by John G. Zimmerman
\nAugust 6 &ndash\; September 4\, 2022
\nPublic Opening Reception: August 6\, 4:00pm &ndash\; 6:00pm
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\nAuto America \;offers a compelling look at three decades (1950s-1970s) of America&rsquo\;s fascination with the automobile. At a time when self-driving vehicles and climate change are transforming driving around the world\, John G. Zimmerman&rsquo\;s pictures capture the optimism and even utopianism of a beloved period in American car culture. The exhibition will feature 45+ photographic prints from the new monograph\, \;Auto America \;(Rizzoli\, 2022)\, and will coincide with Monterey Car Week and the Pebble Beach Concours d&rsquo\;Elegance.

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Many of Zimmerman&rsquo\;s photographs were originally taken for \;LIFE\, Time\, and \;Sports Illustrated \;magazines and highlight diverse aspects of America&rsquo\;s auto industry at its zenith\; they feature not only iconic cars of the period\, which Zimmerman chronicled comprehensively at car shows and in studio assignments\, but also a behind-the-scenes look at the people who designed\, built\, collected\, exhibited\, and raced them.

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The exhibition celebrates the \;Rizzoli \;published book launch of Auto America which consists of approx. 224 pages and almost 200 photographs drawing on the Zimmerman Archive&rsquo\;s collection&mdash\;including his best-known photographs of Fords\, Chryslers\, and GMs in their heyday alongside ephemera\, tear sheets\, and outtakes from his assignments. The book celebrates the automobile&rsquo\;s central place in American culture during those decades when the timeless silhouettes of classic cars ruled the roads.

\n LOCATION:Center for Photographic Art Sunset Center 9th and San Carlos Carmel-by-the-Sea\, CA www.photography.org UID:e.2640.47916 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260910T191422Z URL:https://members.carmelchamber.org/events/details/exhibition-auto-america-car-culture-1950s-1970s-47916 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR