Brian Ulrich (born 1971) is an American photographer known for his photographic exploration of consumer culture. Born in Northport, New York, Ulrich lives in Chicago, Illinois. In 2001 in response to a national call for citizens to bolster the American economy through shopping, Ulrich began a project to document consumer culture. This project, Copia, is a series of large-scale photographs of shoppers, retail spaces, and displays of goods. Initially focused on big-box retail establishments and shoppers, the series expanded to include thrift stores, back rooms of retail businesses, art fairs and most recently empty retail stores and dead malls.
I must say that there is defiantly something about his work that I just can’t get enough of. I rather seem to enjoy the pieces that do not have people in them more. I found his lecture to be thorough and Ulrich to be an intriguing speaker with a great sense of humor. He defiantly knew how to draw the crowd in to listen to what he had to say. I think his images that were the strongest were defiantly those in which they were on accident. However, looking at his website his Trashcam series is defiantly intriguing and I just can’t get enough of it. You can tell by viewing Ulrich’s images that he has a lot to say of America’s over consumerism. Even in the above spilt milk image, you can see that somebody dropped a case of Pepsi on top of the Faygo, most likely because it was a lot cheaper. This is defiantly an artist that I want to keep tabs on.
Website:
http://notifbutwhen.com/
Interview:
http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/09/10/brian-ulrich/#more-9605
Gallery:
http://www.artnet.com/artist/424468234/brian-ulrich.html
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