# Photographer: Help Me Identify **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-help-me-identify/506562 "2009-08-15T20:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-help-me-identify/506562/1 "2009-08-15T20:25:04Z")
In around 2000 or so, I came across a book of photography that I would like to find. However, I have no idea who the photographer is. The photos in this book were of mundane, small American city landscapes. I only remember one, and I believe it was on the cover (but maybe not). It was of an empty parking lot at dusk, probably an old, rundown strip mall, if I remember correctly. I seem to remember telephone poles and wires also. You might say this particular photo was in William Eggleston’s style (whom I’ve just discovered), without the saturated colors. I know this isn’t much to go on but any ideas would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-help-me-identify/506562/2 "2009-08-15T20:49:57Z")
I should add that although I saw this book in 2000 or so, the pictures were probably from the seventies. ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-help-me-identify/506562/3 "2009-08-16T01:25:12Z")
Gregory Crewdson, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-help-me-identify/506562/4 "2009-08-16T11:07:02Z")
You could try a Google image search on Jeff Brouws, Michael Eastman, Stephen Shore, Robert Frank, Elliot Erwitt… ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographer-help-me-identify/506562/5 "2009-08-16T17:12:37Z")
> [@Flip\_Pancake](#): > > You could try a Google image search on Jeff Brouws, Michael Eastman, Stephen Shore, Robert Frank, Elliot Erwitt… We have a winner! Stephen Shore is the guy I was looking for. But thanks for these other names, I’ve already enjoyed checking out some of their work.