19 Best Photos of American Everyman

American photographer Bill Owens was born on September 25, 1938. He began his career as a photojournalist in San Francisco in the mid-1960s. On duty, he often had to photograph in suburban areas and soon it became his hobby, to which he devoted most of his free time from 1968 to 1978.

We have collected the most striking photographs of Bill Owens from his first book called "Suburbia" ("Suburbia").

(Total 19 photos)

1. “At first I was shocked, as if from contact with a new culture,” Bill Owens later recalled, “I just wanted to capture everything I saw, take thousands of photographs.”

2. Created in 1972, "Suburbia" shows the life of ordinary American inhabitants. The author himself said: “What I liked was that no one was watching the parade. It's just that people are directly involved in it. Every resident took part in the parade, and in 10 minutes it was all over!”

3. The celebration of the "4th of July" - US Independence Day.

4. "Car salesman." The photographer maintains a certain distance from the subject of his work, which is possible and keeps his work relevant after 40 years.

5. "Then, after gathering my thoughts and feelings together, I decided to create a photographic document showing the life of the American suburbs."5.

6. Bill Owens comments on behalf of the people in the photo: “We are truly happy! Our children are healthy, we eat well and we have a beautiful home.”

7. A series of photographs "Suburbs" vividly tells us about the concept of the "American dream" popular in the 70s - a worldview based on both patriotism and the spirit of consumerism.

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9. Children of the suburbs.

10. Picnic on the occasion of Independence Day.

11. “I love hosting parties!” 1971

12. Baby

13. The family is preparing to move.

14. A popular way to get rid of unnecessary things is a garage sale, or "sale in the garage."

15. “Breaking glass is cool! We are doing a good job for the environment, and the Boy Scouts thank us for our work.”

16. "My father thinks it's a great idea to pick leaves from trees, but I think he's crazy."

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18. “In the evenings, we like to sit by the garage and watch what is happening on the street.”

19. "Gardeners"