As his new box of prints is released, Joseph Szabo talks about creating one of the foremost photography archives of American youth from 1972 to 1999
By the early 1970s, the halcyon days of hippie life had begun to fade, and in their place, the ‘Me’ generation began to come of age in suburban enclaves dotted all across the United States. Whileprojected a wholesome image of the blended family as a new American Dream, times had changed. Photographerimmediately noticed the generation gap when he began teaching art at Malverne High School, a predominantly white suburb of Long Island just outside New York City.
“This was a time when there were a lot of drugs around. It seemed to me kids weren’t really interested in education and I thought: ‘I’m not going to last in Malverne.’”Then inspiration hit: why not bring a camera to school? In that simple act of seeing and being seen, Szabo bridged the divide, creating a moment of mutual recognition between himself and the students.
While visiting with art directors Aude Delerue and Patrick Roppel in 2013, Szabo came upon a small box bearing the simple label “teens unpublished.” Inside lay a selection of works capturingInspired by this rediscovery, the three have come together once again to bring the works together to create, a small wooden Japanese box of 21 prints that evokes the nostalgic pleasures of the printed object.
“I remember one girl saying to me, ‘Mr Szabo, you don’t treat us like kids. You treat us like adults.’”Szabo also connected with the yearbook and carried his camera everywhere, openly welcomed by all he encountered along the way. Taking inspiration from legendary street photographersand Helen Levitt, Szabo approached the yearbook photo as a work of art, capturing the decisive moments of American adolescence with a romantic, rock ‘n’ roll charm.
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